Background is a news series hosted by Joseph C. Harsch that first aired in August 1954 on NBC. Each half hour episode covered a foreign policy or national politics subject through films reports, interviews, and live broadcasts. The series was cancelled after one season.
Morning Edition is an Irish television programme broadcast on RTÉ One and RTÉ News Now. It is produced by RTÉ News and Current Affairs.
The programme airs every Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 11:00 and provides a live morning mix of news, sport, business, topical discussion and entertainment. It is presented by Keelin Shanley with Anthony Murnane as relief presenter. The show was a success upon its launch. The first show started at 09:00 on January 28, 2013 and the first season ran until May 2013. The show returns for a second season on September 2, 2013.
Its biggest competitor is TV3's Ireland AM.
Holmes was a 30 minute news and current affairs show presented by Paul Holmes on Television One in New Zealand between 1989 and 2004. The show moved to Prime in 2005 after failed contract negotiations between Paul Holmes and TVNZ. The shows run on Prime however was short lived due to low ratings.
Bloomberg West is a television show produced by Bloomberg Television.
Andy Lack, chief executive officer of Bloomberg Media Group launched Bloomberg West in 2011.
The show focuses on the topics of technology, innovation and business and is hosted by Emily Chang and Cory Johnson. Before coming to Bloomberg Television, Chang hosted the show CNN in Beijing. Co-host Cory Johnson, ran a hedge fund and reported on Silicon Valley for CNBC before joining Bloomberg Television.
The show is recorded in Bloomberg’s San Francisco studio and since 2001 has been aired daily at 3pm and 8pm Pacific Time.
Solar Nightly News is the flagship late night newscast of Talk TV. It airs every Weeknights 10 p.m. at Talk TV on July 16, 2012 and on Solar News Channel on October 30, 2012. On October 1, 2012, the newscast was moved to an earlier time-slot at 9 p.m. On October 31, 2012 it began simulcasting on ETC on RPN for Free-TV viewers.
Alive in Baghdad is a weekly news video blog, or vlog, based in Baghdad, Iraq, distributed via website and RSS. They employ Iraqi journalists to produce videos covering various topics on daily life in Iraq following the Second Gulf War, including a piece on citizens trying to protect their neighborhood from insurgent death squads, another on what it is like to be an Iraqi Police officer, and interviews with car bomb survivors. The footage is shot by Iraqis and edited in the United States.
Alive in Baghdad was founded in 2005 by Brian Conley, a 26-year-old American journalist and filmmaker. After a year of preparation, Conley went to Baghdad to equip and train a small team of Iraqis to produce a new short film every week on the subject of daily life in Iraq.
The website has survived on donations from foundations and individuals. Staff in Iraq receive a small salary. US staff are not paid.