In the United States, as in Britain, you can’t move for books, television programmes and blogs about the great sweetness of small children and how best to make their lives wonderful and rewarding.

在美国，就像在英国一样，你不能去看书，不能去看关于惹人喜爱的小孩子的电视节目和相关博客，以及怎样是他们的胜过更加精彩，更有价值。

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Although teenagers watch a lot of television it has become hard to make programmes specifically for them.

青少年看大量的电视节目，但很难为他们特别制作节目。

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On paper, they do not sound life-changing: why would you want to pause or rewind live television, and what difference does it make being able to record programmes at the touch of a button?

文章指出：人们并没有因为网络电视的出现而改变他们的生活，可以设想到：人们在观看现场电视转播的时候没有理由会按暂停键或者重放键，还有网络电视的按键式录像功能于其它产品功能并没有什么不同。

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Indeed, Comcast's involvement is symptomatic of a broader trend in America's media business: consolidation between those who make music, movies and television programmes, and those who distribute them, whether via broadcast networks or, increasingly, via cable, satellite and the internet.

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This year, it will make nearly 4, 000 hours of foreign-language television programmes, compared with 1, 700 hours of English-language programmes.

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And once they do, they will use their permanent Internet connections not only to shop, and receive their television and video programmes, but also to make all their telephone calls.

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