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    The London-based musical duo -- J. Willgoose, Esq and Wrigglesworth -- use samples from old public information films and footage as the basis for their brand of music You''re coming to Belfast. What can you tell us about the live show? J. Willgoose, Esq: "There''s a lot going on! Me and Wrigglesworth take care of the music and do as much as possible live. ...

  • News Corp. Board Approves Separation

    News Corp. said its board has approved the plan to separate its businesses into two companies that will be publicly traded. The two new companies will be 21st Century Fox, which will own the TV and movie businesses, and News Corp., which will own publishing assets in Australia. The separation is expected to occur on June 28. The new movie and TV company will have three new directors who ...

  • Cord Cutters are hurting pay television

    The new figures confirm a definite trend of cord cutters having an impact on pay television as viewers move to watching more inexpensive television over the ...

  • Dish Network seeks to buy LightSquared spectrum

    LightSquared filed for bankruptcy last year after federal regulators blocked approval to build its network due to concerns it would interfere with global-positioning ...

  • Portland Telco delivers local DTV stations via IPTV to Roku box

    A trend has begun to emerge among multichannel video programming distributors (MVPD) to stem the tide of "chord cutters" that continue to cancel their subscriptions in favor of on-demand services like those from Apple, Netflix, Roku and others. The solution, many feel, is to give customers what they want: a lower monthly TV service bill that allows them to pick and choose the programs ...


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Bandits

It's always a shame to see a great character in a lousy movie. It's a waste because one inspired character isn't enough to elevate the movie above its basic mediocrity, even if he or she makes it almost worth watching. And, at the same time, you can't help but wonder how even more effective the character would have been had he or she been placed in the context of a better movie. ...

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  • Tokepa station loses a reliable engineer who’s seen it all

    WIBW, the CBS affiliate in Topeka Kansas, has announced that veteran broadcast engineer Elmer Gunderson, the station’s longest-tenured employee who started in November 1955 (just two years after the station officially went on the air), has died of cancer. Perhaps fittingly, in a 2008 interview with the Topeka Capital-Journal, Gunderson related his love for the broadcast business and how ...

  • ScheduALL releases ScheduALL 5 with smart technology

    ScheduALL 5 automates previously labor-intensive functions such as slack capacity optimization, media system integration and third-party ...

  • Ross Video introduces Vision Tritium 3MLE production switchers

    Ross Video has introduced its Vision Tritium 3MLE modular production switchers. The switchers combine the Vision Octane feature set with a budget-sensitive new package. Models include the Tritium V3M with a 24-button 3MLE panel and Tritium V3 with a 32-button panel. The switchers offers 48 x 32 multi-definition inputs and outputs, six 3D DVEs, 16 channels of internal media stores, 16 keyers, ...

  • Program spending leads to job cuts at ESPN

    ESPN , the Walt Disney Co.-owned giant of sports broadcasting, is firing about five percent of its workforce-about 400 of its 7,000 employees in an effort to reduce operating expenses. Many say the all-sports network, which is still growing, despite this latest round of cuts, has spent way too much on exclusive sports programming-such as its recent acquisition of the exclusive rights to the U.S. ...

  • Shure introduces new sound isolating earphone SE846

    Shure has announced the introduction of the SE846 Sound Isolating Earphone, featuring a Quad High-Definition MicroDriver with a three-way system configuration for dedicated low-, mid- and high-frequency distribution. The SE846 patent-pending design includes a groundbreaking low-pass filter, a true subwoofer that enables deep low-end performance without sacrificing clarity or detail. Designed for ...

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