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The BBC will start simulcasting some of its shows online as they debut over-the-air, the network has announced.
Shows such as "EastEnders," "Heroes," and "Never Mind The Buzzcocks" are among the titles that will be offered live on ...
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Leading Canadian media company Canwest has announced a cut of 560 jobs.
Canwest owns the leading Canadian television network Global Television Network, a variety of newspapers including The National Post, Vancouver Sun and Calagary Herald, and the Ten ...
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The Al Gore backed cable channel Current TV is said to have made sweeping cuts to its workforce today, with reports of at least 32 employees being cut.
Founded in 2005, Current TV is billed as the "the ...
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UK based cable TV provider Virgin Media has announced a cut of 15%, or 2,200 people from its workforce.
The new cuts come on top of 4,000 jobs being cut following the NTL Telewest merge in late 2006. ...
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More bad news for those in the media business, with new cuts and revenue issues.
Gannett's newspaper division has announced a new round of layoffs. The company will reduce staff numbers by 10% during the first week of ...
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CNet reported Friday a rumor from Jason Calacanis that Apple was working on networked televisions. The end result would be Apple's monitors with a television tuner and the functionality of the Apple TV built into the set ...
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A survey from The Conference Board has found that one in five US households now watch television programs online, double the rate from 2006.
The notable part of the survey confirms what we already knew, that those who ...
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A new media investment adds weight to the idea that an old medium's extinction is rapidly approaching. Gannett has managed to get a majority stake in CareerBuilder, the online job hunting site. The media company, ...
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Were you just totally, 100% happy with the fact that Lo didn't make a surprise appearance in last night's version of The Hills? At first I was like "What's with The Hills?" and then I realized: my ...
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From the sublime to the ridiculous, years of promise in bringing the internet to the television screen is finally starting to deliver. We've covered Sony and Samsung entering the race to deliver internet to the lounge room, ...
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The term red states, blue states introduced America and the world to the notion of a polarized society, one that rallies around what makes us different over the common ground. Polarization in politics isn't new, but today ...
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Samsung will announce at the IFA industry fair in Germany this week that it will start offering internet access in its Series 7, 8 and 9 televisions in Canada, Australia, and Singapore and in selected countries in ...
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