The Television Explosion
Explains that, of all the technical innovations in the past fifty years, none has pervaded people's daily lives so much as television. Looks at the pay TV explosion, which is creating a second television revolution.
Explains that, of all the technical innovations in the past fifty years, none has pervaded people's daily lives so much as television. Looks at the pay TV explosion, which is creating a second television revolution.
Don Wescott
Narrator
Explains that, of all the technical innovations in the past fifty years, none has pervaded people's daily lives so much as television. Looks at the pay TV explosion, which is creating a second television revolution.
The story about the men who made the world of technology what it is today, their struggles during college, the founding of their companies, and the ingenious actions they took to build up the global corporate empires of Apple Computer Inc. and Microsoft Corporation.
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A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.