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Networks Ask FCC to Relax Rules
Barry Willis  |  Oct 03, 1998  | 

Where do captains of industry go when their cash cows begin to produce sour milk? To Washington DC, where they beg for regulatory intervention. That's where CBS Station Group Manager Mel Kazmarin was last week, and that's what he was doing---asking the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its prohibition against one TV network owning more than 35% of the available commercial broadcast stations in the country.

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Networks in Tiff over Digital Background Alteration
Barry Willis  |  Jan 16, 2000  | 

A war of words has broken out between television networks <A HREF="http://www.nbc.com/">NBC</A> and <A HREF="http://cbs.com/">CBS</A> over the use of digital effects that altered the background during CBS coverage of New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square. "Shocked and outraged" is one of the milder phrases used by NBC executives over the use of digital effects by CBS technicians to block a huge NBC video sign visible behind newsman Dan Rather during the broadcast. A CBS logo was inserted in its place.

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Networks Knock ‘Skinny’ Verizon
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 15, 2015  | 
Pay-TV bundles bulging with never-watched channels have been the bane of consumer groups. They’ve long supported the concept of à la carte cable, which would let subscribers buy just the channels they want. Verizon’s FiOS Custom TV package isn’t exactly à la carte—but it does put the typical pay-TV bundle on a drastic diet. And that “skinny” package, as some call it, is making some networks very unhappy.
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Networks Lure Binge Viewers
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 25, 2017  | 
Once a year, House of Cards fans cancel all social obligations and hole up to bingewatch the new season of the Netflix original series in an evening or two or three. Other networks want a piece of that action.
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Networks Pump Up HDTV
 |  Sep 01, 2002  | 

The fall television season will be more high definition intensive than ever, thanks to a beefed-up HDTV schedule from ABC and CBS.

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Networks to Keep Analog Until Bitter End
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 06, 2009  | 
Several major TV networks have announced that they plan for their owned affiliate stations to keep analog signals on the airwaves until the final deadline in June.
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Networks, DirecTV Settle Turf War---For Now
Barry Willis  |  Mar 21, 1999  | 

According to the March 15 edition of <A HREF="http://www.wsj.com/">The Wall Street Journal</A>, satellite broadcaster <A HREF="http://www.directv.com/">DirecTV</A> will stop beaming network signals to ineligible customers and offer to install terrestrial antennas at a discount as part of an agreement reached with several TV networks. The satellite service has been <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/shownews.cgi?239">wrangling</A> with four major networks---ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox---over rights to deliver network programming to customers in areas served by local broadcasters.

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Networks, Studios, Sports Leagues Team Up Against Net Broadcaster
Barry Willis  |  Jan 30, 2000  | 

The Internet's video parallel to the controversial MP3 free-music phenomenon&mdash;currently being contested in US courts&mdash;quickly reached crisis proportions last week. A judge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ruled against <A HREF="http://www.icravetv.com/">iCraveTV.com</A>, a Canadian startup that late last year began retransmitting Canadian and American TV programming over the Internet without permission. On January 28, the judge found in favor of a coalition of plaintiffs, including three of the four major television networks, several movie studios, the <A HREF="http://www.nba.com/">National Basketball Association</A>, and the <A HREF="http://www.nfl.com/">National Football League</A>. At the moment, iCraveTV's site has a notice informing visitors that "access to stations and program listings is not available."

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Never mind the Grammys, here's the National Recording Registry
Michael Berk  |  Apr 07, 2011  | 

The National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress-created by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 to preserve sound recordings of particular significance-yesterday announced its

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New $99 Apple TV makes content cheaper, HD, and rental-only
SV Staff  |  Sep 01, 2010  | 
  There have been all sorts of rumors flying around about the next generation of the Apple TV. But, Steve Jobs pulled back the tiny curtain today and revealed a device that's much different than its predecessor.While the hardware...
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New 1080p DVD Player From Marantz
 |  Dec 08, 2005  | 

No, Marantz hasn't gotten a jump on everyone and released the first Blu-ray player. In what is supposed to be the twilight of the DVD format, this latest Marantz flagship offers one of the most complete and compelling arrays of features the format has ever seen. If it won't save your soul it will shine your shoes, folks.

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New 1080p LCDs From Sharp!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 10, 2006  |  First Published: Sep 11, 2006  | 

Sharp Electronics introduced two new 1080p AQUOS HDTVs on August 31st at a press event held in NBC’s famed Rockefeller Center Studio 8H, home to Saturday Night Live since it’s debut on October 11th, 1975.

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New 3D Channel to Make DirecTV Debut
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 14, 2011  | 
Hungry for 3DTV programming? If you're a DirecTV subscriber, you'll soon have a new option called 3net, a joint venture of Sony, Discovery Communications, and IMAX. The channel will offer one-hour original programs shot in 3D.

3net made its debut last night at 8 p.m. and will operate 24-7. New programs will air every night at 9 p.m.

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New 4K HDMI Switch Adds 3 Ports to Your TV
SV Staff  |  Jul 31, 2015  | 
Ever wish you had a few more HDMI ports on your TV for connecting a gaming console, media streamer, and other devices? Kinivo’s K300 4K HDMI Switch adds three ports and is currently selling for $35 on amazon.com.
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New 4K Smartphone Processor Packs DTS Headphone:X
SV Staff  |  Mar 23, 2016  | 
It looks like 3D surround-sound headphone listening may be heading to smartphones. DTS recently announced that its DTS Headphone:X technology is included in the new Helio X20 flagship smartphone processor from MediaTek, a Taiwan-based semiconductor company that makes chips for wireless communications.
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