Sentences with phrase «further than our television»

We need look no further than our television sets any night of the week to see people getting hurt, presented as comedy in «funniest home videos».

Not exact matches

Marketing your business online is not only far more affordable than traditional «offline» methods (i.e. radio, television, print ads), but it opens up your business on a global scale.

Hollywood is far better positioned to survive and thrive as the markets for television and movies evolve online than Wall Street expects, according to a new report from analysts at Morningstar.

Of course, if you apply the corporate angle to the game's two quarterbacks, that one isn't much of a contest: Peyton Manning, hard to avoid on your television even during the football offseason, is loaded up with far more brand endorsement deals than his counterpart Russell Wilson.

... when researchers interviewed more than 150 people about their recent purchases, they found that money spent on activities — such as concerts and group dinners out — brought far more pleasure than material purchases like shoes, televisions, or expensive watches.

Why would anyone choose to watch a 2D movie or video in a VR movie theatre, when doing some would entail a far lower effective resolution and quality than watching on a regular television screen?

Movies and television and video games are currently fashioning images far worse and more horrifying than the world we live in.

There he was far more warmly received as a Wheaton College representative than he would be at any secular American philosophy conference, and he was given a chance, on television, to testify to his faith in Christ.

Simple, inexpensive media such as radio, local telephones, and newspapers may suit the needs of a developing nation far better than television, satellites and big - city newspapers.

In this sense, general television, far more than religious TV, is the church's real competitor.

Television is an amalgam of technology, power, and values which is far too resistant to being «used» by any ideology other than the ideology which formed it and which it is designed to maintain: the technological era.

After he signed his scorecard, and in a television interview subsequent to the round, the player stated that he played further from the point than where he had played his third shot.

Abstinence until marriage really isn't as rare as Hollywood and television would have you believe, although it is far less common than I wish it were.

The only thing worse than Manchester United remaining unbeaten so far this season was Richard Keys wanking himself off over it on Television every week.

Consequently, web video seems far more likely than television advertising to have an immediate effect when first watched — one online impression may well work better than dozens of repetitions of a similar message on tv.

The House Majority PAC, an outside group that supports Democrats running for the House, announced on Thursday five additional television reservations for the final weeks of the campaign, bringing its total reservations to more than $ 12.2 million so far.

«If it's television you're after, you need look no further than the fact that the president of the United States» favourite TV programme is overwhelmingly starring British actors, in of course Homeland.»

But Levy, with Hofstra, says that's far less than the impact of television ads airing in the New York City market which could potentially reach millions.

Nearly four dozen Democrats are broadcasting television advertisements — far more by Labor Day than in previous election cycles.

The web based ad by the Republican challenger had 45 hits by mid day, far fewer than the viewers of broadcast television programs who saw the anti- Astorino ads.

He also appeared to attack the royal family when he took to social networking site Twitter to complain there had been far fewer television shots of Labour leader Ed Miliband during the course of the coverage than of Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg.

«They are not entitled to the preferential rates on advertising that federal law grants candidates, forcing them to pay far more money than candidates must for the same television and radio time.»

They say their system, known as Celldar, short for cellphone radar, can achieve better accuracy because cellphone masts are far more widespread than television and radio transmitters.

So far, corporations have spent more than $ 50 million dollars on deceptive television advertising in an attempt to convince consumers that HFCS is «corn sugar.»

It's far easier and financially viable for advertisers, television / radio networks and newspaper publications to cater for the general audience than it is to introduce media campaigns targeting individual ethnic groups.

The mix is fine by cable television standards, but the musical numbers are far less potent than they could have been.

It plays out far more like the future television series «Barney Miller» than it does MASH, except that the creators of the mid-70s sitcom at least had the insight to make it primarily a comedy with occasional bits of drama, instead of cramming both together in nearly every scene.

While Ted 2 never reaches the turgid lows of A Million Ways to Die in the West, the writer / director's misguided western spoof from last year, it also demonstrates yet again that his brand of comedy is far more suited for the half - hour television format of his series like Family Guy and American Dad than it is for a two - hour picture that requires more narrative heft and character development.

Nonetheless, as far as action movies go, you could do much worse than this reboot that requires no prior knowledge or appreciation for the»80s television series.

For that matter, indestructible comic creations like George Cole's Arthur Daley in Minder, Nigel Hawthorne's Sir Humphrey in Yes Minister, the Steptoes, Arthur Lowe and co in Dad's Army, John Cleese's Fawlty Towers or Only Fools and Horses insinuate themselves between the cracks of British life far more persuasively than the most earnest television documentary (at which Britain has become world - renowned).

Who deserves far more than a dying television series like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. However, there has been no indication that The Avengers will ever find out what happened to Phil all those years ago during the Battle of New York

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio co-stars as Brooke's mother, giving a performance that's far better than one might expect out of a made - for - television production.

Garry Shandling and Florence Henderson are known far more for their television work than their film appearances; there will be an outcry if one or both are omitted, but the Academy can certainly make the case that they are more rightly saluted on the Emmys.

WHY: Hollywood hasn't been shy about its love for sequels, reboots and remakes this year, but as far as big screen adaptations of mildly popular television shows go, you could do a lot worse than «The Man from U.N.C.L.E.» In fact, though director Guy Ritchie has admitted that he wasn't overly familiar with the 1960s TV series before signing on to the project, it's the ideal property for a filmmaker like Ritchie to tackle, because it allows him to cherry - pick the show's best bits and put his own spin on the material without worrying about stepping on too many toes.

Hollywood hasn't been shy about its love for sequels, reboots and remakes this summer, but as far as big screen adaptations of mildly popular television shows go, you could do a lot worse than «The Man from U.N.C.L.E.» In fact, though director Guy Ritchie has admitted that he wasn't overly familiar with the 1960s TV series before signing on to the project, it's the ideal property for a filmmaker like Ritchie to tackle, because it allows him to cherry - pick the show's best bits and put his own spin on the material without worrying about stepping on too many toes.

In a testimony to the infinite gradations at the top of the British class system, in which everyone but the Queen must protest that there is someone posher than themselves, Cumberbatch said that the title character in the television series Patrick Melrose was far loftier than a son of two actors.

Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins, 2017), because it's the most powerful popular feminist statement in mainstream cinema thus far, inspiring countless young women and girls to dare to succeed; because Patty Jenkins more than deserved it after languishing in the wilderness of episodic television after her masterful film Monster (2003), when any male director would have gone on to direct four of five features on the strength of that one film; because it's about damned time that a female comic book feature got made; because Jenkins still had to fight to get a fair payday to direct WW 2 — enduring months of fight - to - the - death negotiations to get a directorial fee comparable to that of Zack Snyder or J.J. Abrams for the sequel; and finally because she's better than either of those two directors, who are overrated hacks with little or no vision at all.

Picture and sound quality are about as good as can be expected of frugal mid -»90s Saturday morning television, which is a far cry from most of today's programming (but a lot more pleasing than garish Disney Channel sitcoms circa 2005).

Starting school an hour later had further benefits, he found: 12 fewer minutes of television - watching per day; nine more minutes devoted to homework per week; and an average of 1.3 fewer absences than other students.

Television commercials for the 2007 Mazda CX - 7 concentrate far more on its sportiness than they do on its utility, which is appropriate, because the CX - 7 tries very hard to put some fun into driving an SUV.

In some ways, the best aspect of the book is the fact that the author's ingrained sense of humor shines through, but it is ultimately far more intelligent than what plays out each week on his television shows.

As the campaign heats up even further for the 2016 Presidential election, Americans have seen a variety of less - than - savory headlines gracing their television and computer screens.

His favorite conversations are about worlds far more interesting than his own, so he plays video games and watches television series to step into as many as he can.

If you think the importance of culture goes no further than what you hear on the radio or see on television, then you're sorely underestimating the long - term impact of art, movies, music, celebrities, and cultural phenomenons.

But like much of this book, when you look at the bigger picture, the hard data and aggregate numbers, you learn that «watching television can be far more dangerous than riding around in the truck - clogged streets of a major city.»

Before we go any further into Bethune's allegations (and they go much farther than just the Ady Gil incident, let me tell you), I would be remiss to point out that the better television Watson is alleged to want to help create would be for Whale Wars, which is broadcast by TreeHugger's colleagues over at Animal Planet.

And that doesn't even go into the questionable areas of reality television inasmuch as did having a television production crew aboard ship — a far, far different thing than having actual journalists or documentarians aboard, make no mistake about; Whale Wars is positioned as entertainment — influence actions towards the more dramatic and more risky.

The new estimate is based on information that was gathered before BP cut a pipe called a riser on the ocean floor last week to install a new capture device, an operation that some scientists have said may have sharply increased the rate of flow... The new estimate appears to be a far better match than earlier ones for the reality that Americans can see every day on their televisions.

While those featured in the BBC 2 series will doubtless reap career rewards for their participation, be it as silks at a construction court or hod carriers on a construction site or as new juniors or trainee Tesco under managers, I have to tell you that there is far less glory attached to a television appearance than is generally supposed.

In fact, if you haven't upgraded your television in a few years, there's a very good chance that the tiny little smartphone in your pocket right now packs far more pixels than your huge 60 - inch HDTV.