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FCC Expands CAF Definition of Broadband Subsidy-Eligible Areas
The FCC will try again to hand out rural broadband subsidies, this time expanding the areas where it can be used while putting conditions on that expanded build-out, a challenge system for areas identified as unserved, and allowing applicants to get more than they qualify for if, as was the case the first time around, there is money left over. The FCC Wednesday announced that it is releasing a ...
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Cablevision Scripps Reach TV Everywhere Deal
Cablevision Systems reached an agreement with Scripps Networks to add the programmer's Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel networks to its TV Everywhere offering, Optimum TO GO. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel TV Everywhere content can be accessed by Optimum TV customers on any desktop or laptop Internet-connected computer in the U.S. Additional ...
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IPC U.S. Reaction to IP Theft Utterly Inadequate
The U.S. response to hundreds of billions of dollars in intellectual property theft -- "hectoring governments and prosecuting individuals" -- has to date been "utterly inadequate to deal with the problem." That is according to a just-released report from the bipartisan Commission on the Theft of Intellectual Property (IPC), which can include everything from counterfeit hard ...
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Bounce TV Unveils New Series Plans
African-American broadcast network Bounce TV, entering its first upfront season, said it plans to air five new original series next season. The new shows ...
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Professional Video Editors Spoke Autodesk Listened
Autodesk Smoke 2013 Extension 1 professional video editing software is expected to be available beginning May 29, 2013. As part of the product roadmap and influenced by extensive feedback from editors, the release will feature numerous enhancements to help improve functionality, add flexibility and increase speed. At NAB, Autodesk and Blackmagic ...
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The Kid With a Bike (Le gamin au vélo) [Blu-Ray]
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes The Kid With a Bike (Le gamin au vlo) was advertised during its theatrical release with a one-sheet poster depicting the two protagonists, a thirtysomething hairdresser named Samantha (Ccile De France) and the titular bicycle-owning pr ... ...
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Professional Wireless Systems Turns Up The Volume At The Fourth Annual Hangout Music Festival
As some of music's biggest names came together for the fourth annual Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound Company and experts in supplying and supporting wireless systems for live and broadcast events, was busy providing frequency coordination for all the artists and media outlets in attendance at the event, the nation's ...
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Buying and selling Hispanic Radio today A 360-degree view
Today, Hispanic Radio is the key vehicle to reach Hispanics across different age groups, social backgrounds, countries of origin and language preferences. It's ...
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A child’s garden of TV rules violations
The requirements placed on broadcast television licensees to serve the needs of local children are tripping up some stations - and since most of these requirements involve the public file in one way or another, the penalty can be quite hefty. Let's take a look. * WUSA-TV Detroit, Detroit Free Press Inc. The station failed to publicize the existence and location of its Children's ...
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Consolidated labels have a future in digital
So says Moody's Investors Service, which believes that the global marketplace, whittled down to three major players, gives each the scale to negotiate favorable rates with online music portals that will need big label content in an increasingly competitive digital environment. Moody’s analyst Gregory Fraser observed, ';Following this latest round of industry consolidation, the ...
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SYTYCD holds steady with premiere
With a two-hour installment of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, FOX ranked third last night among Adults 18-49 and Teens, and ranked #1 among Adults 18-34. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: 1.9/6, steady with last week’s premiere in Adults 18-49 o SYTYCD is up week to week among Women 18-49 (+4% – 2.5/7 vs. 2.4/7) and Women 18-34 (+5% – 2.3/7 vs. 2.2/8) o SYTYCD ranked #2 in its 8-10pm ...
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