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Broadcasters Blast Localism Boards, Staffing Requirements
5.02.2008
In filings to the FCC, several broadcasters and the NAB point to constitutional concerns, economic burdens, and the sheer pointlessness of some of the proposals aimed at improving the stations’ service to their local communities.
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Sezmi Launches ‘TV 2.0’
5.02.2008
Sezmi, a start-up company, formerly known as “Building B” has announced the launch of a new set top box it says combines the best of traditional over-the-air broadcasting with the power of the Internet and digital storage to deliver a “true television alternative.”
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Boucher: More Funding Needed for Transition
4.04.2008
Technical challenges remain for over-the-air viewers in the DTV transition and there’s no federal funding for the solutions, Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., said Thursday.
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Malone Nabs DirecTV
2.29.2008
Broadcasters had seen a chance to force DirecTV to carry local signals in all 210 markets nationwide.
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House Holding Net Neutrality Hearing Tuesday
5.02.2008
The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet will consider the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008 (H.R. 5353), sponsored by Chairman Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Chip Pickering, R-Miss.
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Belo Posts $15 Million Loss
5.02.2008
The company lost $15.4 million (15 cents per share) in the quarter, down from earnings of $15.5 million in the same quarter last year.
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WB Rises From the Dead Online
5.02.2008
“These destinations are perfect examples of our digital strategy to create targeted, niche destinations that present a fresh and compelling point of view to audiences,” said WBTVG President Bruce Rosenblum.
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Avid Announces New Editing System Family
4.25.2008
“This news represents another milestone in how Avid continues to drive ‘New Thinking,’” said Kirk Arnold, executive vice president and general manager of Avid Video.
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Axcera Announces New Transmitters
4.25.2008
The models were shown at the NAB Show and included the 6X Series liquid-cooled high-power solid-state transmitter, the Innovator CX compact low-power transmitter/translator/gap filler and 8XC Series multimedia base station.
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AT&T Launching MediaFLO Mobile Service
5.02.2008
“This powerful new mobile television service will provide around-the-clock access to some of today’s most popular television programs—live and in color on the mobile phone,” the companies said in a statement.
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Harris, LG Tout Public Safety Uses of MPH
4.25.2008
Harris teamed with New Hampshire Public Television, the University of New Hampshire and Project 54—a collaborative R&D effort between UNH and the New Hampshire Department of Safety—for the demonstration.
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ICO Launches Mobile Television Satellite
4.25.2008
As ICO Global Communications demonstrated its ICO mim (mobile interactive media) service in Las Vegas during the NAB Show, the company launched a satellite that will use the DVB-SH standard for the service.
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CableLabs Successfully Tests PacketCable Interoperability
9.14.2007
The weeklong session, held at the end of August, achieved an impressive level of interoperability for SIP-based voice services across equipment combinations from 10 different participating manufacturers, according to CableLabs.
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CEA Says Movies, Gaming Driving HDTV Sales
6.29.2007
The Consumer Electronics Association reports that 44 percent of high-definition television set owners are receiving HD programming now, and that confusion exists among these HD adopters as to whether the programming received is high definition.
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Fox News Channel Goes HD
5.02.2008
The service rolled out May 1 initially to Time Warner Cable subscribers in parts of New York City and the Hudson Valley.
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Showtime Goes Multiplatform for ‘The Tudors’
4.04.2008
Showtime Networks Inc. has released a full episode of “The Tudors” with over 60 multiplatform partners as part of the network’s launch campaign of the second season of the series, which premiered March 30.
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NABEF to Honor Stations
3.28.2008
The NAB Education Foundation (NABEF) will honor TV and radio stations for their public service efforts at 10th annual Celebration of Service to America Awards at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on June 9.
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Research Pioneer Leghorn Honored
4.04.2008
Richard S. Leghorn, founder of industry consortium CableLabs, has been named a recipient of a Special Vanguard Award for Outstanding Contribution by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association.
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Digital Rapids Streaming Games
4.04.2008
The 2008 Olympic Games will reach new highs in the amount online video on the Internet—2,200 hours of live streaming, NBC says.
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Mobile TV: $2 Billion in Ad Buys
4.18.2008
Media General Broadcast Group Senior Vice President Jim Conschafter not only delivered the $2 billion estimate but listed the three advantages broadcasters have over mobile TV competitors.
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Super Bowl XLII: Digital Tech Set-Up to be Massive
2.01.2008
The technical preparations for Fox Sports to carry Sunday’s Super Bowl XLII to the world will be, as usual, monumental, and the HD and other state-of-the-art field-coverage equipment will be the most sophisticated yet for the event.
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