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The Changing Face of TV

News happens when it happens and when it does the whole world wants to be informed. The quicker the better. Ten years ago we had to wait for films about the events that interested us. Today we can have complete real-time news the moment they happen in every corner of the world in live programmes. Television is only beginning as the most important medium in our life. In Ohio, USA 5,000 families with cable TV can tell a computer what they want to watch in the evening. In Pennsylvania old people can use TV to communicate with people in their local government. Some day it may be used together with computers to contact with banks, stores, doctors’ offi ces, libraries. Education is another important part of the changing face of TV. In South Carolina the homes of students are connected with the school by special TV with computers. As the teacher talks on TV, he asks questions. The student finds the right answer and presses one of the buttons on his TV.