Up to 30% of Americans use internet whilst watching TV, study.(Brief...

TV Meets the Web;  April 28, 2003 ;     172 words ......in the US regularly go online while watching TV. According to the study, the internet...media used among men and women while watching TV, followed by reading mail, cited by...pattern. The number going online whilst watching TV is especially significant given that...

Mindworks; Some kids say watching TV is daily ritual.(VARIETY)(Mindworks)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ......my eyes turn square! Whenever you're watching TV, do you feel like watching more? To...follow these instructions: If you are watching TV, and your parents are talking to you...Elementary I personally don't think watching TV is that bad. I watch a lot of TV, but...

Doctor's stern warning on watching TV

Gloucestershire Echo, The;  May 21, 2008 ;     230 words ......have never spent so many hours a day watching TV and computer screens. An American Medical...of their lives in front of a screen. Watching TV slows the metabolic rate, leading to...isolation, especially from the family. Watching TV for just 90 minutes a day causes brain...

TOTS ARE TUNING IN; DISCONNECT BETWEEN PARENTS, EXPERTS ON BABIES WATCHING...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......industries. So recent findings on babies watching TV are not surprising, says Dr. Steven Blatt...Person-to-person contact is better than watching TV. Reading books is better than watching TV. Researchers say they don't know what impact...

More consumers are watching TV on-line

Xinhua News Agency;  October 25, 2006 ;     231 words ...More consumers are watching TV on-line NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (Xinhua...commercials are the top reasons for watching TV broadcasts online. Only a small...One in ten online consumers are watching TV broadcasts via the Internet, and...

Knife threat raider robs man, 81, of pounds 3; Pensioner mugged while...

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  December 21, 2007 ;     349 words ......knife and robbed of pounds 3. Pensioner Alan Kent had been watching TV inside his bungalow in Featherstone Grove, Jarrow, South Tyneside...back with my shopping when I forgot to lock the door. I was watching TV when I felt a hand touch my shoulder. This young lad with...

Sri Lankan man breaks Guinness world record for watching TV

Xinhua News Agency;  September 17, 2005 ;     112 words ......man breaks Guinness world record for watching TV COLOMBO, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Guinness...world record for the longest time spent watching TV was broken by a Sri Lankan man on Friday...Joachim said he will be a little tired of watching TV after breaking the previous world ...

I was visiting my grandma in Cancun last summer and was up late watching...

CosmoGirl!;  August 1, 2008 ;     58 words ...I was visiting my grandma in Cancun last summer and was up late watching TV. I heard someone fall down the stairs, but when I ran to help, no one was there, and my grandma was asleep in her room. I was freaked...

Report: More Consumers are Watching TV Broadcasts Online

Wireless News;  October 21, 2007 ;     563 words ......10-21-2007 Report: More Consumers are Watching TV Broadcasts Online WIRELESS NEWS-October 21, 2007-Report: More Consumers are Watching TV Broadcasts Online (C)2007 10Meters...commercials as their top two reasons for watching TV broadcasts on the Internet. Four out...

Fla.'s Bones Hurts Back Watching TV

AP Online;  May 10, 2000 ;     195 words ...AP Online 05-10-2000 Fla.'s Bones Hurts Back Watching TV MIAMI (AP) -- Florida Marlins right-hander Ricky Bones...manager John Boles said. ``He was just sitting in a chair watching TV. When he got up, he said he felt something.'' Bones is...

Watching TV can be a genuine addiction; RESEARCH: Television can work in...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  January 26, 2002 ;     374 words ......they felt when they received the message. People who were watching TV when we beeped them reported feeling relaxed and passive...engaging in hobbies, people report improvements in mood. After watching TV, people's moods are about the same or worse than before. The...

Living: Could you live without the telly?; New research shows that British...

Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  July 1, 2001 ;     585 words ......continental children only watched for about two hours. But while watching TV might still be the favourite pastime of the younger generation...twice as much of our time (four hours 40 minutes) as we spend watching TV. The TV industry's response to this challenge seems to have...

Man from Sri Lanka breaks record for most hours watching TV

AP Worldstream;  September 16, 2005 ;     222 words ......broke the Guinness world record for the longest time spent watching TV. He finished with 69 hours and 48 minutes. Suresh Joachim...nothing but ABC shows. "I'm going to be a little tired of watching TV after this," Joachim told The Associated Press by phone during...

Couch potato sets record: 69+ hours of watching TV

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 17, 2005 ;     164 words ......broken the Guinness world record for the longest time spent watching TV. He finished Friday with 69 hours and 48 minutes. After passing...nothing but ABC shows. "I'm going to be a little tired of watching TV after this," Joachim told The Associated Press by phone during...

New way of watching TV can be life-altering

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 13, 2003 ;     573 words ...EUGENE KANE New way of watching TV can be life-altering By EUGENE KANE of the Journal Sentinel staff...has changed my life in significant and powerful ways. If you're watching TV and the phone rings, you just hit pause and everything stops...