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  • Groups Want DOJ Answers on Targeting Journalists

    Close to five dozen groups have demanded that attorney general Eric holder provide a "full and transparent" account of DOJ's targeting of journalists and whistleblowers, in particular its subpoena of AP phone records in a whistleblower investigation and reports it had seized phone records of a Fox reporter. Craig Aaron, president of Free Press, one of 57 groups that sent a letter ...

  • Why some Telcos are going OTT only

    The conventional wisdom is that while OTT is fine for TV Everywhere service extensions, core pay-TV will continue to be delivered over dedicated walled garden networks for the foreseeable future. But, there are one or two operators flouting this’ wisdom’ and perhaps giving us sight of the future by going all OTT now. This is usually because of some special circumstances pertaining ...

  • New metadata enables legal content sharing across IPTV platforms

    At last, IPTV is getting a standard framework for interoperability of rights information as a result of cooperation between the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) ...

  • Broadcast Sports Inc. develops new Ref Cam system for close-up views of action on the field

    Broadcast Sports, Inc. has developed another revolutionary wireless camera system that puts television viewers on the field and in the action of their favorite sports. The Ref Cam is a person-wearable wireless camera configuration that uses an HD mini POV camera paired with BSI’s HD mini transmitter. The camera is positioned at the eye level of a referee giving viewers his first-person ...

  • BBC ups ante in carriage war with Sky

    its battle with satellite operator BSkyB to a new level by threatening to charge for its popular channels such as BBC1 if Sky does not drop carriage fees. Currently, the BBC pays £5 million ($8 million) a year for channels to be included in ...


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Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

For the past few months, the trailer has promised us that, In the year 2003, Uma Thurman will Kill Bill. It turns out that wont be the case because, as is now widely known, Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantinos expansive, ambitious grindhouse homage, his first film in six years, has been split into two parts, Volume 1 and Volume 2, the latter of which wont bow in theaters until next ... ...

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  • Judgment for Judy as Big Bang slips

    Judge Judy had the highest rated syndicated show during the week of 5/6/13, and although Big Bang will won the title for most viewers, it slipped under the 10M mark. Wheel of Fortune was 2nd in viewers and 3rd in ...

  • Rockefeller Still Targeting June for Wheeler Hearing

    According to a committee source, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) is targeting June for a nomination hearing for Tom Wheeler as the next FCC chair. Rockefeller chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, which will have to approve the nomination before it gets a floor vote. The president has yet to nominate a Republican, and Wheeler almost certainly would not get a full-Senate vote until he was paired ...

  • Snell introduces new IQ modular range of format converters

    Snell is introducing a new IQ format converter range that provides high-quality conversion of common SD, HD and 3Gb/s formats for broadcast systems. In addition to conversion, the new modules can perform a host of video, audio, and metadata functions. Snell is also unveiling the IQQSM range of 3Gb/s/HD/SD-SDI quad split monitors, ideal for local monitoring with LCD displays. These IQ modules ...

  • Dejero LIVE+ portal now offers remote control of LIVE+ 2020 LIVE+ VSET

    LIVE+ VSET mobile ENG systems. Integrated with Dejero's LIVE+ Portal intelligent online management system, this new feature enables broadcast organizations to manage and control their LIVE+ 20/20 or LIVE+ VSET transmitters from any location in the world using any Web ...

  • Lower costs may revive EU super broadband plans

    The EU may after all go ahead with plans to give all households access to super-fast broadband by 2020, after a survey has found it had grossly over-estimated the cost. The EU had budgeted €270 billion to deliver super-fast broadband to all, defined as 30Mb/s or more data downstream, but that was based on the assumption that it would require FTTH (Fiber To The Home) in most cases. Now, a ...

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