TV News: Technology, strong economies, pump attendance — Asian TV companies focused on their technological strengths at December’s Asian Television Forum in Singapore, with many execs pointing to 3D TV as the way forward.
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Asian TV Forum sees in 3D
TV News: BBC to bet big on VOD — Every webhead knows that making money online from TV content is challenging.
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iPlayer goes global
TV News: Nets aim to stop FilmOn.com from transmitting station signals — Sources say a federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order to halt a site’s streaming of broadcast signals of TV stations over the Internet without the consent of the networks.
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Judge halts TV streaming service
TV News: Extra megahertz available for commercial spectrum — In an effort to push forward the development of wireless services, the Department of Commerce on Monday said it had identified some 115 megahertz of spectrum that can be reallocated in the next five years.
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Feds add to bandwidth
TV News: TV and cable feel chill as set-top boxes sizzle — Could the set-top box kill cable?
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Will box boom spell biz bust?
TV News: TV and cable feel chill as set-top boxes sizzle — Could the set-top box kill cable?
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Set-top boxes challenge cable
TV News: Kat Von D reality series gets eight more episodes — TLC has inked a deal for eight more episodes of the Kat Von D reality series “LA Ink.”
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TLC asks for more ‘LA Ink’
TV News: Network acquires rights to mountaineer docuseries — Travel Channel has acquired docuseries “First Ascent” and will debut it Friday.
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Travel Channel buys ‘First Ascent’
TV News: Foxtel to release pics at same time as homevid release — Paybox Foxtel has struck a deal to shorten the Aussie pay-per-view window so it coincides with the homevid release.
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Oz shortens pay-per-view window
TV News: Casting boosts success no matter the locale — You know something’s a smash when the Guinness Book of World Records gets involved.
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‘Dancing’ format waltzes to riches
