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Internet killed the TV star

In 1960s UK, there were 10.5 million television sets. There will be a predicted 74m by 2020. Welcome to an era where a converging consumer revolution dictates that at least 20% of the market will have internet powered TV sets in Europe, and where the first European three-dimension TV channel, Sky, went live in April. Television, a marker of post-war middle-class American affluence, has stayed central to peoples lives. Focus on whether that affluence has become an influence that the Europeans just can't shake via TV and web series

• Read the special edition Internet killed the TV star
• Malviviendo vs Lisa Kudrow? The rise of EU web series
• The Office, Spiral: tour of European TV shows, American style
• TV: can Europeans reverse the dominant American trend?

British military in Second Life

We talk to Bad CO, a serving officer in the British Army, who administers the unofficial community website along with Good CO, a former infantry officer

by Nabeelah Shabbir @ // 26/09/07

3d, virtual worlds, second life, media, defence, united kingdom, network

Invisible special effects

Travelling through time, meeting surreal people in unreal places … Nothing is impossible at the cinema

by Marco Riciputi @ // 26/07/07

3d, film, italy, cinema, bologna, pixel, festivals

Ars Electronica: when Second Life becomes First Life

From 5 to the 11 September Linz will host one of the most important digital arts festivals. For the occasion one of the main streets in the city centre will be transformed into its virtual alter ego

by Filippo Lubrano @ // 26/07/07

3d, ukraine, contemporary art, animation, linz, austria, festivals