Cable, Public TV Groups OK Digital Deal
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It may soon be easier to watch "Sesame Street," "Masterpiece Theater" and other public television programs in sharp, digital images.
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The owners of Discovery Communications, Advance/Newhouse and Discovery Holding, have agreed in principle to combine their stakes and turn the company, an operator of cable TV channels, into an independent, publicly traded company.
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A group of leading mobile phone vendors said Friday (Sept. 10) they will work together to bring about widespread delivery of broadcast television to mobile devices.
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The companies will allow TiVo owners who shop on Amazonâs digital download store to send films and TV shows to their broadband-connected TiVo machines.
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CBS said it concluded a series of agreements with cable system operators that would generate a new stream of revenue for the network.
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Broadcasters embrace digital service public knows little about.-washingtonpost.com
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Wurld Media has concluded agreements with Sony BMG, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to facilitate the licensing of music exchanged on its peer-to-peer music network.
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By Jason Rosenbaum, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Feb. 17--JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Senate gave initial approval Thursday to a bill that would shift licensing of cable TV companies from the cities where they operate to the Missouri Public Service Commission.
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A group of broadcasters, consumer electronics vendors and civil rights groups pledged Wednesday to leave no television viewers behind as the U.S. transitions to digital over-the-air broadcasts by February 2009.
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Cox Enterprises, the privately held parent of the cable giant Cox Communications, reached an agreement yesterday to buy out the public minority shareholders in its cable business for $8.
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Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corp. on Monday agreed to a pact giving Comcast an option to cut its stake in Time Warner's cable unit, opening the door for Comcast to unwind the entire partnership.
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NEW YORK -- TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts will be complete in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009, and many consumers are puzzling over how the shift will affect them: Do they need a new converter box, a new TV, a better antenna?
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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. reached a deal Friday with Comcast Corp. to carry its stations, ending a protracted negotiation that threatened to deprive cable customers in several markets of their Fox affiliates.
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Time Warner Cable and Cablevision reached a last-minute pact to keep two regional sports networks on the air, avoiding a shutdown like the one that froze out millions of New York sports fans earlier this year.
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Federal regulators Thursday rejected a request by broadcasters to require cable operators to carry multiple digital channel offerings from local television stations.
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Millions of $40 government coupons became available Tuesday to help low-tech television owners buy special converter boxes for older TVs that might not work after the switch to digital broadcasting.
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By Patricia Daddona, The Day, New London, Conn.  Jun. 13--Five towns in eastern Connecticut now have access to digital  voice and on-demand services through Comcast.