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Metropolitan Opera Teams With iN DEMAND
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11.30.2007
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Starting in January, the Met’s series of performances—transmitted worldwide into movie theaters—will become available, with each show available on demand 30 days after its theatrical release.
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ESPN, Disney, Dish Launch Interactive Channels
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11.23.2007
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The applications will be available to more than 12 million Dish subscribers who receive interactive television service.
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CNN HD Comes to Cablevision in Time for First HD Debate
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11.09.2007
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It may not make the candidates’ positions any clearer, but viewers of DirecTV, Cablevision and a few local systems will be able to watch what CNN is calling the first presidential debate ever in HD.
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Ion to Go HD in 2008
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11.09.2007
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The West Palm Beach, Fla.-based company, formerly Pax TV, will transmit in 720p and feature native and upconverted HD programming that will be delivered on all 60 ION Media Network stations.
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QVC Announces HD Launch for Early 2008
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11.09.2007
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QVC, one of the world’s largest multimedia retailers announced this week that it plans to launch a high definition simulcast of its domestic broadcasts in the first quarter of 2008.
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Hulu.com Launches Beta, Announces Licensing Deals
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11.02.2007
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Hulu.com--the online video distribution venture by NBC and News Corp.--began its beta launch of its online video service, offering viewers a vast selection of streaming, on-demand, premium programming on a free, ad-supported basis.
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NBC Plans Extensive Online Coverage of NYC Marathon, Olympic Trials
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11.02.2007
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The Peacock network will team up with online sports broadcaster MediaZone to cover the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Men’s Marathon on Saturday, Nov. 3 and the 2007 New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 4.
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Verizon Ups HD Ante With 150-Channel Promise
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11.02.2007
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The company said it would first double its current lineup of HD channels, on a market-by-market basis, to more than 60, including additional sports channels, and will top 150 HD channels by the end of 2008.
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NBA, NHL Get HD Treatment on DirecTV
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11.02.2007
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DirecTV, which expects to have as many as 100 HDTV channels available nationwide by year-end, will bring its HD treatment to pro basketball and hockey in HD during the 2007-08 season.
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‘This Week’ Moving to Newseum Next Year
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10.26.2007
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Sunday talker “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” will broadcast from a studio inside the freshly moved and upgraded Newseum, the museum dedicated to mainstream journalism just blocks from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, ABC News announced.
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Networks Announce New Online Distribution Plans
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9.21.2007
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NBC and ABC this week announced new plans to distribute their programming online.
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MGM Readies for HD Network Startup
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9.21.2007
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM) is planning to launch MGM HD, the film company’s first wholly owned channel in the United States.
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Warner Bros. Producing Shows for Wireless, Broadband
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9.21.2007
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Studio 2.0, the arm of the Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) original programming for digital production, has begun production on 23 new shortform series projects for broadband and wireless, the company said.
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Dish Launches The History Channel HD
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9.07.2007
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EchoStar launched The History Channel HD on its satellite service, making Dish Network the first major multichannel distributor to provide the network to viewers.
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DirecTV Launches New Interactive Features for 2007 US Open on USA Network
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8.24.2007
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DirecTV’s U.S. Open Interactive, now in its second year, is increasing its coverage for the 2007 US Open.
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CBS Mobile, Verizon Wireless and MediaFLO USA Stream Footage from Big Brother 8
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8.24.2007
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CBS Mobile, Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm subsidiary MediaFLO USA Inc. have launched a channel dedicated to Big Brother 8.
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Gonwest Taps Panasonic HD Cameras to Shoot Discovery Channel Documentary
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7.27.2007
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The two-hour documentary will air on Oct. 7 at 9 p.m. ET. It was shot with two HDX900s over two weeks early this spring at Solano State prison in Vacaville, Calif.
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Interactive TV App for Dish Customers on NBC Universal’s ‘Top Chef 3 Miami’
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7.20.2007
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Using an iTV application from interactive television company Ensequence, viewers with compatible interactive receivers can interact with the program with a single click of the remote to vote, view “fun facts,” and answer trivia questions that are synched to each episode.
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LightViper Captures NCAA Men's College World Series
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7.20.2007
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“The system was set up next to the audio sub-mix in the announce booth,” said Kurt Heitmann, CP Communication’s vice president of marketing.
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Riedel Intercom System Tagged for Use at Live Earth Concert
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7.06.2007
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According to the event’s live sound support provider, Firehouse Productions, the size of the event and time limitations led to the choice of Riedel equipment.
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