[Medianews] Sharp puts Internet on giant-screen TVs

Sharp puts Internet on giant-screen TVs 05/12/2006 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605120192.html Sharp Corp. is going head-to-head with TV-compatible computers by equipping its flat-panel TVs with hard disks and Internet capability. Its new liquid crystal

[Medianews] KQED-KTEH merger is a welcome move

May. 12, 2006 KQED-KTEH merger is a welcome move San Jose Mercury News Editorial http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/14557671.htm The board of San Jose public television station KTEH has made the wise, perhaps destined, decision to merge with San Francisco's KQED to

[Medianews] Mexico's Televisa Teams Up in Bid for Univision

http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-univision12may12,1,1082290.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-business Televisa Teams Up in Bid for Univision Mexico's TV giant joins with four buyout firms to pursue the Spanish-language media firm. By Meg James LA Times Staff Writer May 12, 2006

[Medianews] Illinois: ATT, CUB agree on pact

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0605110206may11,1,2123358.story?coll=chi-business-hed ATT, CUB agree on pact Basic rates frozen in deregulation deal By Jon Van Chicago Tribune staff reporter May 11, 2006 A deal enabling ATT Inc. to deregulate consumer phone service in Illinois

[Medianews] Universal Fined a Record $12 Million to Settle Payola Claims

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-uni12may12,1,7251825.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage Universal Fined a Record to Settle Payola Claims More than $12 million will end allegations in New York that radio employees were bribed. By Charles Duhigg LA Times Staff Writer May 12,

[Medianews] ATT Faking Concern for Rural Deployment

ATT Faking Concern for Rural Deployment Yesterday's announcement comes during political push Posted on 2006-05-10 14:22:46 Written by Karl Bode BroadBand Reports http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/74298 Editorial: ATT is getting a lot of press for their announcement yesterday that they

[Medianews] Senate Judiciary Panel Eyes Telecom Proposal

Senate Judiciary Panel Eyes Telecom Proposal By Sarah Lai Stirland National Journal Wednesday, May 10) http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb-DCKL1147370676551.html The Senate Judiciary Committee is likely to seek a role in reshaping telecommunications law, according to a

[Medianews] Policy Post 12.08: Illegal NSA Data Mining Highlights Need for Congressional Oversight

Policy Post 12.8, May 11, 2006 A Briefing On Public Policy Issues Affecting Civil Liberties Online from The Center For Democracy and Technology (1) Illegal NSA Data Mining Highlights Need for Congressional Oversight (2) Program Appears Illegal, Regardless of How Database Was Compiled (3)

[Medianews] NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls

NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls Updated 5/11/2006 10:38 AM ET By Leslie Cauley, USA TODAY The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by ATT, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct

[Medianews] KQED-KTEH merger is a welcome move

We have KQED on our system. We have a digital studio feed that comes direct from their studio over 200 miles via fiber to our system. You should see the comparison of that to the over-the-air received picture quality we get at our mountain top site. Steve www.teckstuff.com On 5/13/06, George

[Medianews] New Zealand: Sky TV says latest problems unrelated to satellite

[I have no idea what they mean by streamlines, but from the context it sounds like they had some kind of problem with a backhaul or broadband feed to their uplink facility.] Sky says latest problems unrelated to satellite New Zealand Press Association 13 May 2006

[Medianews] Cheney Pushed U.S. to Widen Eavesdropping

Cheney Pushed U.S. to Widen Eavesdropping By SCOTT SHANE and ERIC LICHTBLAU The New York Times May 14, 2006 WASHINGTON, May 13 - In the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Vice President Dick Cheney and his top legal adviser argued that the National Security Agency should intercept purely

[Medianews] Questions Raised for Phone Giants in Spy Data Furor

Questions Raised for Phone Giants in Spy Data Furor By JOHN MARKOFF The New York Times May 13, 2006 The former chief executive of Qwest, the nation's fourth-largest phone company, rebuffed government requests for the company's calling records after 9/11 because of a disinclination on the part

[Medianews] Scan This Book!

Scan This Book! By KEVIN KELLY The New York Times May 14, 2006 In several dozen nondescript office buildings around the world, thousands of hourly workers bend over table-top scanners and haul dusty books into high-tech scanning booths. They are assembling the universal library page by page.