"I made the "Vote Different" ad because I wanted to express my feelings about the Democratic primary, and because I wanted to show that an individual citizen can affect the process....
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Filed in archive Channels
by martino on March 21, 2007
By Anne Becker -- Broadcasting & Cable, For the first time in the show's four seasons, ABC will stream dancing with the stars online. Beginning today, the network is streaming full episodes on...
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If you want a preview of what the upcoming election cycle might look like, check out the YouTube video below. It pretends to be from the Obama campaign but that has been denied. Some think the YouTube...
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Filed in archive Mobile Video
by martino on March 14, 2007
I might also have a bridge to sell you We have news that NBC Universal will start selling episodes of "Heroes," "The Office," "monk," "Battlestar Galactica" and...
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Amongst the topics that connects the business of traditional television and our new broadband video market is this: there is a clear division between the owners of content and the portals that want to...
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By Garth Johnston -- Broadcasting & Cable Embracing its Battlestar Galactica fan base, NBCU's Sci Fi Channel introduced a twist on the growing popularity of user-generated content to its...
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Filed in archive IPTV
by martino on March 09, 2007
California granted its first state-wide video franchise to Verizon. I first wrote about this last October. The company said it will announce later this month the communities where it will begin...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on March 08, 2007
WARNING: Opinionated Editorial Ahead Throughout our net-centric world, the conventional wisdom is that a line can be drawn; one that separates those 'who get it' from those who don't. When...
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Traci Patterson, CED News/Web Editor, reports that Fox, Fox Interactive Media and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. have given their broadcast affiliates the green light to offer some of Fox's top...
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Filed in archive Mobile Video
by martino on March 07, 2007
Verizon Wireless yesterday became the first cellular carrier to offer mobile TV service outside the cellular spectrum when it quietly flicked the switch on its MediaFLO-based V Cast Mobile TV service...
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The rich are indeed different in many ways, one of them being what they like to watch on TV. Among the favorites of the well-heeled set are ABC's "Saturday Night Football" and "What...
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by martino on March 06, 2007
If AT&T fixes whatever problems it is having with its U-verse IPTV service in California, it just got a little easier for them to roll it out everywhere. That is because the California Public...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on March 05, 2007
They were mildly amusing for 30-seconds, but a whole show? ABC is desperate. And I don't mean Desperate Housewives - although that is contributing to the problem. Their ratings are way down on...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on March 05, 2007
Alas, YouTube lost all access to Viacom video content. But it has rapidly moved to make a deal with another marquee name: he United Kingdom's British Broadcasting Corp. Before congratulating the...
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