Monitor (U.S. TV series)

Monitor was an NBC newsmagazine series which premiered on April 12, 1983. NBC News created this series as a platform to possibly challenge the success of CBS's 60 Minutes. After being initially broadcast on Saturdays at 10 P.M. Eastern time, the show was moved to Sundays at 7 P.M. Eastern time for its second season, going head-to-head with "60", and renamed First Camera.

Production was based in Washington, DC, with offices in the Tenley Circle area immediately east of NBC's Nebraska Avenue studios. Lloyd Dobyns, the show's anchor, appeared on a stark white, modernistic set. In the absence of a theme composed especially for the show, producers opted to use the opening minute of "Piano Concerto No. 1 In D-Flat Major, Op. 10: I Allegro brioso" by Sergei Prokofiev, feeling that it added gravitas to the show—something they hoped would set them apart from ABC's lightweight 20/20.

In test audiences (including one in which future NBC anchor Sarah James was a college student), the show did not test well, but producers refused to change the format. The first episode featured an extended story on Bobby Czyz, a light heavyweight boxer from New Jersey. The show placed last in its time period in national ratings in its debut and was one of the least-watched programs in all of prime time.

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Apple Monitor II

The Apple Monitor // is a CRT-based green monochrome 12-inch monitor manufactured by Apple Computer for the Apple II personal computer family. Apple did not manufacture the monitor until halfway through the lifespan of the II series. The business-line Apple /// had its own Apple Monitor /// long before. Many home users of Apple II computers used their televisions as computer monitors before the Monitor // was released. It featured an inner vertical-swiveling frame. This allowed users to adjust the viewing angle up or down to suit their taste without the addition of a tilt-and-swivel device. The Monitor // was widely adjustable for the time, as it included adjustments for the size and location of the image on the screen. These adjustments had a very small influence on the picture, however, much to the dislike of some users. The Monitor // was designed for the Apple II+, but was used widely throughout the Apple II product line, most recognizably on the Apple IIe.

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EMI Czech Republic

EMI Czech Republic is a record label based in the Czech Republic. The label was originally founded under the name Monitor. EMI purchased the label in 1994 and continued it under the name Monitor / EMI s.r.o. Later the label was renamed EMI Czech Republic s.r.o.. The label was sold to the Warner Music Group in 2013, alongside other EMI labels, for £487 million.

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