CES 2009: MediaFlo Hits The Road With Audiovox By Glenn Dickson - 01/08/2009
Las Vegas -- Mobile TV service MediaFLO made good on its plans toexpand its service beyond cellphones to new devices by announcing at CES a deal with Audiovox to create in-car video displays that receive the live MediaFLO broadcast service.
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CES 2009: EchoStar Unveils The SlingGuide By Linda Moss - 01/08/2009
Las Vegas -- Sling Media Thursday unveiled SlingGuide, a new Web-based way to easily find and record TV programming from anywhere, at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show.
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CES 2009: Dish Introduces ‘Sling-Loaded’ HD DVR By Linda Moss - 01/08/2009
Las Vegas – Dish Network Thursday launched world’s first SlingLoaded HD DuoDVR, the award-winning ViP922, at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show.
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CES 2009: Silicon Image Pitches Chips For HD Home Networks By Todd Spangler - 01/08/2009
Las Vegas -- Semiconductor maker Silicon Image is angling to set the standard for distributing HD content to multiple devices throughout the home, with the launch Thursday of a chip-based architecture it has dubbed “LiquidHD.”
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CES 2009: Macrovision Streams Web Video To TVs By Todd Spangler - 01/08/2009
Las Vegas -- Macrovision Solutions is enhancing the next version of the interactive program guide it licenses to TV manufacturers -- code-named Neon -- to include access to Web-based video and a viewer’s personal photos, music and movies.
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Updated: DirecTV, Comcast SportsNet In License-Fee Battle By Mike Reynolds - 01/07/2009
DirecTV and Comcast are involved in a license-fee dispute over two of the regional sports networks owned by the cable operator and could be headed to arbitration.
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Dish, KTKA Come To Retrans Terms By Mike Reynolds - 01/07/2009
After nearly a week, KTKA, the ABC affiliate serving Topeka, Kan., is back on Dish Network.
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CES 2009: Broadcom Doubles 'Wideband' Bonds By Todd Spangler - 01/07/2009
Las Vegas -- Broadcom is introducing its first DOCSIS 3.0 family of chips, providing the ability to bond eight channels together for downstream speeds of up to 400 Mbps in its second generation of “wideband” cable-modem silicon.
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Broadcom To Pack Adobe's Flash Into TV Chips By Todd Spangler - 01/06/2009
In another pact aimed at bringing Web-based video to TVs, Broadcom and Adobe Systems announced Tuesday that they will work together to integrate Adobe’s Flash multimedia platform into Broadcom’s latest digital television and set-top box system-on-a-chip platforms.
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AMC's Opens Gate To 'The Prisoner' Online By Mike Reynolds - 01/06/2009
AMC, which is readying its own reinterpretation of The Prisoner for airing in November, is giving viewers a chance to check out the original online.
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Clearwire Clears WiMax in Portland By Todd Spangler - 01/06/2009
Clearwire Tuesday officially launched WiMax broadband mobile service in Portland, Ore., offering download speeds up to 6 Mbps to customers looking for to replace their cable or DSL connection.
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FearNet Joins Comcast Entertainment Group In Move To L.A. By Linda Moss - 01/06/2009
FearNet, the on-demand and online horror service, has relocated to Los Angeles and has been folded into the Comcast Entertainment Group, Comcast’s programming arm.
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Samsung Plugs Web Widgets Into TVs By Todd Spangler - 01/05/2009
Samsung Electronics will provide interactive applications and content from Yahoo, as well as other content providers including YouTube and Showtime Networks, to select Internet-enabled flat-panel HDTVs, starting this spring.
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Web Strategies, Users Grow Up By George Winslow - 01/04/2009
Younger demos may be leading the charge into online video, but adults are not far behind
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Younger Viewers, New Media By George Winslow - 01/04/2009
Media companies have long kept a close eye on tech-savvy kids and teens, hoping that the behavior of kids and teens today will provide a window into the future of video consumption.
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Cover Story: What Viewers Really Want By George Winslow - 01/04/2009 Never before has data on new technologies and analysis of viewer habits been more critical for a television industry trying to divine the future.A compendium of data and insights from executives and researchers, the Multichannel News Viewer Watch examines the changing patterns of video usage across platforms and demographics.
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ESPN, ESPN HD SimulcastHigh School All-Star Game 01/04/2009
Four Wild Card helpings not enough? ESPN will provide a look at some future collegiate and potentially pigskin stars with its coverage of the second annual Under Armour All-America High School Football Game on Sunday night.
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