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SI.com: Super Bowl sets viewership recordsupdated: Mon Feb 06 2012 15:33:00

If you watched Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, you were part of the most-watched television show in U.S. history.

Will a gluten-free diet improve your health?updated: Tue Apr 12 2011 08:20:00

Sarah Cooper was a new mom in her mid-20s, busily juggling her family and a career as an electrical engineer, when everything came to a halt.

Mobile video getting popular, but TV still rulesupdated: Wed Dec 15 2010 10:46:00

When smartphones first came out, many people wondered whether a TV-addicted culture would care to watch video on such a small screen.

Women, minorities biggest users of mobile phones, survey saysupdated: Wed Aug 25 2010 11:17:00

Women text and talk on their mobile phones more than men.

Can cell networks handle the World Cup?updated: Fri Jun 11 2010 10:33:00

World Cup time is almost here -- but can your cell carrier handle it?

CNNMoney: CBS sells out Super Bowl adsupdated: Mon Feb 01 2010 13:07:00

If you haven't bought a spot for your Super Bowl ad, then you're too late.

CNNMoney: Census Bureau counts on Super Bowl adupdated: Tue Jan 26 2010 14:39:00

The Census Bureau is advertising in the Super Bowl, trying to convince as many people as possible to participate in its once-a-decade nationwide head count.

Going, going, gone digital -- with a few exceptionsupdated: Sat Jun 13 2009 22:28:00

Phones at help centers across the country rang Saturday, a day after broadcasters halted the transmission of analog signals long depended on by many people without cable or satellite television.

TV viewing at 'all-time high,' Nielsen saysupdated: Tue Feb 24 2009 18:02:00

Americans are watching more video online, on their cell phones and on television, according to the Nielsen Company's latest "three screen" report.

Congress must act on TV switch, rights group saysupdated: Tue Feb 03 2009 18:21:00

A civil rights group says that unless Congress delays this month's scheduled death of traditional television broadcasts, millions of people -- many of them poor, disabled or elderly -- will see only static on their sets.

Delay of analog TV's death hits House snagupdated: Wed Jan 28 2009 18:35:00

The effort to delay next month's scheduled death of analog television suffered a setback in Congress on Wednesday, despite warnings that millions of American homes will not be able to see broadcast shows in three weeks.

Digital TV switch could be delayed by voteupdated: Wed Jan 28 2009 01:26:00

Congress postponed until Wednesday a vote to delay next month's scheduled death of television as you've known it.

Time.com: A Sweet Spot in a Sour Economyupdated: Mon Jun 23 2008 16:30:00

According to many analysts, even a recession can't do much to curb American's love (or willingness to pay) for candy

Time.com: Summer Wiener War Begins to Cookupdated: Wed Jun 11 2008 16:00:00

America's two largest hot dog makers are waging a wiener war as grills fire up this summer, hoping to win over customers and secure the No. 1 spot

Fortune: The networks' new advertising modelupdated: Mon May 05 2008 07:36:00

In the aftermath of the writer's strike - and with ever-increasing competition from the Internet, cable channels and digital video recorders - primetime network television isn't the all-powerful medium it used to be.

Fortune: Nielsen's new Web playupdated: Tue Apr 08 2008 13:24:00

The Nielsen Company, best known for measuring television audiences, hasn't been immune from technology's bulldozing of the media landscape. In a key step aimed at staying competitive, the company announced Monday that it would acquire IAG Research for $225 million.

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