*Television news and cable news*
Television news refers to the dissemination of current events via television. "News bulletins" or "newscasts" are programs lasting from seconds to hours that provide updates on world, national, regional and local news events Television news are very image-based, showing videos of many of the events that are reported. Television channels may provide news bulletins as part of a regularly schedule news program. Less often, television shows may be interrupted or replaced by newsflashes to provide new updates on current or sudden events of great importance.
Cable news refers to channels, which are devoted to current events 24 hours a day. This format derives from CNN, which originally stood for Cable News Network in reference to the then-new phenomenon of cable television. Many other channels have since then been established such as BBC, Sky News, Al Jazeera, France 24, Fox News and many more. These are sometimes referred to as network news channels.
Comprehension exercises about the text
a) What are television news?
b) How are television news transmitted?
c) What are the main advantages of television news, when compared to the ones transmitted by radio and newspapers?
d) What are cable news?
e) What's the origin of the name cable news?
f) What does CNN stand for?
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Television news refers to the dissemination of current events via television. "News bulletins" or "newscasts" are programs lasting from seconds to hours that provide updates on world, national, regional and local news events Television news are very image-based, showing videos of many of the events that are reported. Television channels may provide news bulletins as part of a regularly schedule news program. Less often, television shows may be interrupted or replaced by newsflashes to provide new updates on current or sudden events of great importance.
Cable news refers to channels, which are devoted to current events 24 hours a day. This format derives from CNN, which originally stood for Cable News Network in reference to the then-new phenomenon of cable television. Many other channels have since then been established such as BBC, Sky News, Al Jazeera, France 24, Fox News and many more. These are sometimes referred to as network news channels.
Comprehension exercises about the text
a) What are television news?
b) How are television news transmitted?
c) What are the main advantages of television news, when compared to the ones transmitted by radio and newspapers?
d) What are cable news?
e) What's the origin of the name cable news?
f) What does CNN stand for?
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Resposta:
a) What are television news?
dissemination of current events via television
b) How are television news transmitted?
television news are programs with lots of images and videos of the events being reported!
c) What are the main advantages of television news, when compared to the ones transmitted by radio and newspapers?
with television news you have the up-to-date events that are being discussed throughout the country together with videos and images of the material being discussed, whereas in the radio you only have the audio of those news and newspapers you have image however is very probable that the events are not up to date since newspapers have to be printed
d) What are cable news?
cable news refer to channels dedicated 100% to current events twenty four hours a day
e) What's the origin of the name cable news?
this format came from CNN
f) What does CNN stand for?
a acronym which means Cable News Network
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