[Medianews] Watch out! AOL unveils free Web TV

Online service launches by early 2006 with 100 Warner Bros.-produced shows; over 4,800 episodes. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc.'s AOL said on Monday it planned to launch a free Internet television service by early 2006, in one of the technology and media industry's most ambitious designs to

[Medianews] Little Viewers, Big Squabble

Little Viewers, Big Squabble Policymakers' focus on children's TV leads to court battles By Paige Albiniak Broadcasting & Cable 11/14/2005 http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6283290.html?verticalid=311&industry=Special+Report&industryid=1025 In this story: “AN ARTIFICIAL SITUATION” ON

[Medianews] WiMax Assist for Satellite Broadcasters

WiMax Assist for Satellite Broadcasters By Eric Griffith Wi-Fi Planet November 11, 2005 http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3563601 Everybody is excited about the promise of WiMax, for all kinds of different reasons. WiNetworks, a U.S.-based firm with R&D operations in Israel, has

[Medianews] Atari Invites Parents to Travel Back to the '70s

Atari Invites Parents to Travel Back to the '70s By Arshad Mohammed Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, November 12, 2005; D01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR200501835_pf.html Long past its prime, Pong -- that simple '70s video game with two paddles a

[Medianews] A Breakthrough Few Months for Portable TV

A Breakthrough Few Months for Portable TV Nov 13, 2005 2:32 PM (ET) By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press http://apnews.myway.com//article/20051113/D8DRP9LO0.html NEW YORK (AP) - "Desperate Housewives" on your iPod. Jay Leno's monologue on your cell phone. Brian Williams delivering the night's n

[Medianews] World's Fastest Computer Gets Even Faster

November 14, 2005 World's Fastest Computer Gets Even Faster By ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/business/14ibm.html?pagewanted=print SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 13 - A computer built by I.B.M. that has been at the top of the list of the world's 500 most-powerful supercomputers wid

[Medianews] Control the Internet? A Futile Pursuit

November 14, 2005 Control the Internet? A Futile Pursuit, Some Say By JOHN MARKOFF NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/business/14register.html?pagewanted=print SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 - Working with Pentagon funds in the 1960's and 1970's, a small group of designers created a pioneering

[Medianews] Hollywood Unions Object to Product Placement on TV

November 14, 2005 Hollywood Unions Object to Product Placement on TV By SHARON WAXMAN NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/business/14guild.html?pagewanted=print LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 - A group of show business unions are denouncing the creeping practice of "stealth advertising," the inte

[Medianews] More Find Online Encyclopedia Is Handy

November 14, 2005 More Find Online Encyclopedia Is Handy By ALEX MINDLIN NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/business/14drill.html?pagewanted=print By several measures, the user-written online encyclopedia Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.com) has exploded in popularity over the last year. The

[Medianews] The Ghost in the CD

November 14, 2005 The Ghost in the CD By TOM ZELLER Jr. NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/business/14rights.html?pagewanted=print The latest album from Johnny and Donnie Van Zant, "Get Right With the Man," delivers "anthems with the sort of conviction that will inevitably inspire rai

[Medianews] Internet Service to Put Classic TV on Home Computer

November 14, 2005 Internet Service to Put Classic TV on Home Computer By SAUL HANSELL NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/business/14warner.html?pagewanted=print Looking for "The Fugitive?" Didn't get enough "Eight Is Enough?" Would you like to "Welcome Back, Kotter" one more time? War

[Medianews] CBS News Fill-in Anchor Has Extended His Stay

November 14, 2005 CBS's Fill-in Anchor Has Extended His Stay JACQUES STEINBERG NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/business/14cbs.html?pagewanted=print When Bob Schieffer took up residence last March in the broadcast studio long occupied by Dan Rather, he assumed he would serve as inter

[Medianews] Sun Microsystems Offers New Generation of Processors

November 14, 2005 Sun Microsystems Will Offer New Generation of Processors By LAURIE J. FLYNN NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/business/14sun.html?pagewanted=print SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 - Sun Microsystems is set to announce the first of a new generation of processors for computer se

[Medianews] If Books Are on Google, Who Gains and Who Loses?

November 14, 2005 If Books Are on Google, Who Gains and Who Loses? By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/arts/14conn.html?pagewanted=print In 1709, Daniel Defoe compared them to "House-breakers," "High-way Robbers," and "Pick-Pockets," not sounding that different from

[Medianews] Are U.S. Innovators Losing Their Competitive Edge?

November 13, 2005 Are U.S. Innovators Losing Their Competitive Edge? By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/business/yourmoney/13invent.html?pagewanted=print Baltimore WHEN James E. West was 8 years old, he propped himself on his bed's brass footboard one afternoon a

[Medianews] Exhibit brings Darwin’s theory to li fe

Exhibit brings Darwin’s theory to life Show displays naturalist’s ideas, tools — and even a mini-menagerie By Ker Than Space.com Updated: 6:25 p.m. ET Nov. 11, 2005 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10007371/ NEW YORK - In 1837, Charles Darwin sketched a stick-figure tree in a page of Notebook B,

[Medianews] Cuban scientist barred from receiving U.S. prize

Cuban scientist barred from receiving U.S. prize Verez-Bencomo has developed low-cost vaccine for meningitis, pneumonia The Associated Press Updated: 9:59 a.m. ET Nov. 12, 2005 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10010619/ HAVANA - A Cuban scientist who helped develop a low-cost synthetic vaccine tha

[Medianews] Scam artists prosper by exploiting service for the deaf

Posted 11/13/2005 5:57 PM Scam artists prosper by exploiting service for the deaf By Nestor Ramos (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Argus Leader http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051113/NEWS/511130332/1001 The voice on the line is legitimate, the offer a fraud. "The person who has cal

[Medianews] DEAF SERVICE: HOW THE SCAMMERS OPERATE

HOW THE SCAMMERS OPERATE Posted 11/13/2005 5:57 PM http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051113/NEWS/511130332/1001 Fraud that used Communication Service for the Deaf operators takes two main forms: 1) Credit card fraud Many relay operators report that the vast majority of

[Medianews] Business caught up in scam targeting phone sysem for deaf

Nov. 13, 2005 Business caught up in scam targeting phone sysem for deaf Associated Press http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/13159359.htm SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A labor union is working to organize employees of a Sioux Falls business that relays calls to people who are deaf or har

[Medianews] Wal-Mart mulls DVD download booths

Wal-Mart mulls DVD download booths By Joshua Chaffin in New York Financial Times Updated: 11:41 a.m. ET Nov. 14, 2005 http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10033168/ Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has held discussions with Hollywood studios about installing kiosks in its stores from which consumer

[Medianews] Will You Pay to Watch Free TV?

Will You Pay to Watch Free TV? NBC and CBS will soon offer repeats of primetime episodes for 99 cents each. But there may be a hidden reason behind the move. By Phillip Swann TVPredictions.com http://www.tvpredictions.com/freetv111405.htm Washington D.C. (November 14, 2005) -- NBC's The Offic

[Medianews] EchoStar unfazed by rivals

11/14/2005 01:00:00 AM Chief of EchoStar unfazed by rivals "We'll have to differentiate ourselves," the satellite-TV company's Charlie Ergen says, in light of deals by cable and telecom firms. By Kimberly S. Johnson Denver Post Staff Writer http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_3210804 EchoSt

[Medianews] Putting the 'Big D' in USDTV

Putting the 'Big D' in USDTV By John M. Higgins Broadcasting & Cable 11/13/2005 11:35:00 PM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6283418.html?display=Breaking+News After finally securing a cash injection, broadcast wireless cable operator USDTV is set to light up a new market this week:

[Medianews] Smut Spike All PTC's Doing

Smut Spike All PTC's Doing By John Eggerton Broadcasting & Cable 11/14/2005 9:12:00 AM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6283446.html?display=Breaking+News As expected, it turns out the spike in FCC complaints in July was mostly attributable to Parent's Television Council. But just "

[Medianews] US sends signal on value of television

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0511120110nov12,1,1396900.story U.S. sends signal on value of television $3 billion planned for viewers to buy digital converters By William Neikirk Chicago Tribune senior correspondent November 12, 2005 WASHINGTON -- While considering slas

[Medianews] Liberal Net a Non-Starter, Says Wright

Liberal Net a Non-Starter, Says Wright By Staff -- Broadcasting & Cable 11/13/2005 11:53:00 PM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6283390.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP&nid=2228 Symposiums can be snoozy affairs, but last week at the annual media gathering wrangled by former

[Medianews] Liberal Net a Non-Starter, Says Wright

By Staff -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/13/2005 11:53:00 PM Symposiums can be snoozy affairs, but last week at the annual media gathering wrangled by former Hearst Entertainment President Ray Joslin at Trinity College in New York, NBC Universal President Bob Wright and the person interviewing him-MS

[Medianews] DVR Changing Ad Model, Say Execs

DVR Changing Ad Model, Say Execs By John Eggerton Broadcasting & Cable 11/14/2005 2:10:00 PM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6283650.html?display=Breaking+News One nontraditional delivery mechanism that is making a dent in the advertising model is the digital video recorder. Accor

[Medianews] A Digital TV Could Be in Your Picture

http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-fi-technopolis13nov13,0,1391130.story?coll=cl-tv-features A Digital TV Could Be in Your Picture Prices are coming down even as technologies improve. The sets are still costly, but relative bargains are out there. By David Colker LA Times Staff Writer November 1

[Medianews] FTC: Telcom Mergers Need Global Context

Telcom Mergers Need Global Context By John Eggerton Broadcasting & Cable 11/14/2005 3:28:00 PM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6283704.html?display=Breaking+News In a policy statement guaranteed to warm the hearts of U.S. telecom companies looking to get together, William Kovacic

[Medianews] Google Checks Out Interest In Online Book 'Rental' Plan

Google Checks Out Interest In Online Book 'Rental' Plan Search Giant Approaches At Least One Publisher About Fee-Based Program By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG and KEVIN J. DELANEY Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL November 14, 2005; Page B4 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113192806168096032

[Medianews] Cingular Offers Radio Music Service

Cingular Offers Radio Service WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE November 14, 2005 1:10 p.m. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113198559991796576.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news Cingular Wireless unveiled a new radio service for mobile phones, the latest effort by a mobile carrier to expand beyond

[Medianews] Ex-intel Official: Bush Admin Will Restrict Liberties After Next Terror Attack

Ex-intel Official: Bush Admin Will Restrict Liberties After Next Terror Attack North Jersey Media/RICHARD COWEN | November 13 2005 http://www.bergen.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY4MTU5MjcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky MAPLEWOOD - The man who leaked thousa

[Medianews] White House declines to rule out torture to thwart attack

White House declines to rule out torture to thwart attack Forbes | November 13 2005 http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/11/13/afx2333455.html WASHINGTON (AFX) - A top White House official refused to rule out the use of torture in an effort to prevent a major terrorist attack, arguing the

[Medianews] Britain ran secret torture centre during WW II

Britain ran secret torture centre during WW II PTI | November 13 2005 http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2005/131105torturecentre.htm London: Britain ran a secret torture centre during World War II to extract information from German prisoners, a media report here has claimed. The dail

[Medianews] Speed limit crackdown to cut emissions

Speed limit crackdown to cut emissions Leak reveals climate change plans David Adam, environment correspondent Monday November 14, 2005 The Guardian http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1642046,00.html Ministers are planning to crack down on motorists who speed on motorways

[Medianews] UK troops out of Iraq 'next year'

UK troops out of Iraq 'next year' BBC | November 13 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4432480.stm British troops could leave Iraq by the end of next year, the country's president Jalal Talabani has predicted. But he warned an immediate withdrawal of multinational forces rather than a gra

[Medianews] AOL.com is First Major Portal to Deliver DVD Quality Videos

AOL.com is First Major Portal to Deliver DVD Quality Videos - Nov 14, 2005 08:01 AM (BusinessWire) DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2005-- Trial Begins for "AOL Hi-Q" Video Format, Which Provides Free Video on Demand, Such as Online Movie Trailers, Music Vi

[Medianews] AOL and Warner Bros. Announce ''In2TV, '' New Broadband Network on AOL.com, Delivering the Largest Offering of Long-Form Television Programming Online

AOL and Warner Bros. Announce ''In2TV,'' New Broadband Network on AOL.com, Delivering the Largest Offering of Long-Form Television Programming Online - Nov 14, 2005 08:00 AM (BusinessWire) DULLES, Va. & BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2005--America Online, Inc.: T

[Medianews] UK Mobile Company O2 Reports Strong Growth

UK Mobile Company O2 Reports Strong Growth - Nov 14, 2005 08:20 AM (AP Online) By JANE WARDELL AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) -- British telecommunications company O2 PLC on Monday reported strong growth in customer numbers and a higher profit in its final set of interim results a

[Medianews] Akamai Net Usage Index Releases Data on Most Viewed News Events on the Web over Past 90 Days

Akamai Net Usage Index Releases Data on Most Viewed News Events on the Web over Past 90 Days - Nov 14, 2005 08:45 AM (BusinessWire) CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2005--Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM): -- Akamai releases Net Usage Index "Widget" for use

[Medianews] The End Of TV (As You Know It)

The End Of TV (As You Know It) In an era of on-demand entertainment, Big Media is eager to give viewers the content they want. But who will pay for it? By David Kiley and Tom Lowry, with Ronald Grover in Los Angeles Businessweek Issue dated November 21, 2005 http://www.businessweek.com/magazin

[Medianews] The On Demand Future of TV

The On Demand Future of TV Aired: Monday, November 14, 2005 11-12PM ET By host Tom Ashbrook: There is a gusher of news from the world of television lately - and maybe the end, we're told, of TV as we know it. The common theme is the collision of television and the Internet, and everything g