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  • Dish trials show what Clearwire will be used for

    , Dish has been pushing 50Mb/sec into homes via trials in Waynesboro, Virginia. These trials are using two towers to deliver between 20 and 50Mb/sec to homes using a LTE receiving box and small rooftop antenna that is installed by the same techs that install Dish TV service. Getting Clearwire will allow Dish to compete with existing players with mobile and fixed telephony, TV and internet ...

  • Survey Finds Sports Fans Check Online Content Frequently

    More than a third of U.S. sports fans use smartphones to tap into sports content, and of those fans, 36% view sports content via their mobile device at least once a day, a new survey found.Some 44% of fans watch sports on high-definition television, reports the study from Sporting News Media in conjunction with Kantar Media and TV Sports Markets.A survey of more than 1,000 American adults ages ...

  • Wheeler Competition Is Basic Value but Sometimes Insufficient

    FCC nominee Tom Wheeler says that his business experience will make him a better chairman, that that experience has taught him that competition is a basic value that must be encouraged and that competition is not always sufficient to protect other basic values, like universal service and the use of technology to enhance public safety and services. That is according to his prepared testimony for ...

  • Soldiers killed in Mozambique armory raid

    Several soldiers were killed Monday when gunmen attacked an armory in the central Dondo region of Mozambique, a local official said. Local media reported five soldiers were killed, the British Broadcasting Corp. said Monday. STV, a local television station, reported numerous people were hospitalized in the raid, and many weapons were stolen from the armory. A spokesman for Renamo, a former ...

  • Wall Street watchdog reviewing Belo

    The television group owned by Belo Corporation is merging into Gannett. Moody's Investors Service has affirmed its package of ratings, but has essentially made the company's outlook a question mark. The company's.Corporate Family Rating remains Ba2; likewise, its Probability of Default Rating holds steady at Ba2-PD. But its outlook is going from Stable to Developing. ...


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The Hand [DVD]

The Hand [DVD]

I Bury the Living is a corker of a horror-thriller that draws you in, but ultimately lets you down with an explanatory ending that just doesnt fit. Made quickly on a shoestring budget, it was one of an onslaught of small-scale drive-in flicks that poured out of scrappy independent studios in the 1950s and early 1960s, most of which were immediately forgettable. I Bury the Living< ... ...

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  • NCTA Washington confab seen as sign of weakness

    Typically the big communications organizations hold their conventions at locations all over the map - NAB can be found in Las Vegas once a year and uses a variety of locations for its annual radio meeting. So NCTA's decision to meet in Washington raised eyebrows at one Wall Street news outlet. The news outlet is The Street. Writing an opinion for it, Dana Blankenhorn said, "When an ...

  • FOX Sunday ratings highlights

    FOX aired encores of THE CLEVELAND SHOW (0.6/2), AMERICAN DAD (0.7/2), THE SIMPSONS (1.1/4), BOB’S BURGERS (0.9/3), FAMILY GUY (1.2/3) and another FAMILY GUY at 9:30pm (1.2/3) last night. Competition Due to the nature of live sports, Fast Nationals for ABC are approximate. Following Jimmy Kimmel Live Game Night at 7pm (1.9/7) and an NBA Pre-Game at 7:30pm (2.5/9), ABC's NBA Finals ...

  • CBS pegs 2013-2014 premiere dates

    CBS will premiere nearly all of its new and returning series during official premiere week (Sept. 23-29), following the network’s 9/22 broadcast of The 65th primetime Emmy Awards, which will air live, 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/5:00-8:00 PM, PT. How I Met Your Mother, entering its final season, returns with a special one-hour episode on Monday, 9/23 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT). The new comedy ...

  • FCC sets LPFM filing window

    The route to owning and operating a brand new low power FM station is an FCC Form 318, and a new version is ready for use in an application filing window that opens mid-October. Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn urged eligible entities to start getting their proposals together right away. The window opens 10/15/13 and closes at 6PM eastern on 10/29/13. According to the FCC, "Each applicant ...

  • NJBA conference starts 624

    The 66th Annual NJBA (New Jersey Broadcasters Assn.) Conference and Gala will kick off Tuesday evening with an opening reception in Caesar's Diamond Club overlooking the beach at sunset. Senator and NAB CEO Gordon Smith will keynote and the program includes great vender and colleague networking opportunities, Super Sales Sessions, Agency, Programming, Engineering and Student Panels and ...

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