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Apple aiming to build FM/TV add-ons for handhelds? (MacNN)

July 31st, 2008 by

Apple may be looking to build or support new add-ons capable of streaming radio and/or TV to its handhelds, a new patent application suggests. The device would attach directly to a handheld such as an iPhone or iPod, and pick up signals from one or more formats including AM, FM, HD or satellite radio, or TV standards such as cable, satellite, over…

DISH first to broadcast live 1080p TV (MacNN)

July 31st, 2008 by

Satellite TV provider DISH Network today became the first known TV broadcaster to put out video in a full 1080p (1920×1080 progressive) resolution. Starting with an August 1st Video On Demand option for the movie I Am Legend, DISH says it will start offering 1080p whenever the content is available rather than the lower-resolution 1080i (interlaced…

Prisoners to get access to satellite TV (The Capital)

July 31st, 2008 by

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Officials say inmates in three prisons near Hagerstown will have access to satellite television. Jon Galley is assistant commissioner of the Division of Correction’s Western Region. He says officials hope to have the system installed by the end of November.

Prisoners To Get Access To Satellite TV (NBC4 Washington, D.C.)

July 31st, 2008 by

Officials say inmates in three prisons near Hagerstown will have access to satellite television.

Prisoners to Get Access to Satellite TV (ABC 2 Baltimore)

July 31st, 2008 by

Officials say inmates in three prisons near Hagerstown will have access to satellite television.

British TV group BSkyB swings into annual net loss (AFP via Yahoo! News)

July 31st, 2008 by

British pay-TV giant BSkyB said on Thursday it suffered a net loss in its 2007/2008 financial year, hit by a multi-million pound writedown on its holding in independent television broadcaster ITV.

DISH plans 150 HD TV channels by year end (The Economic Times)

July 30th, 2008 by

DISH Network Corp, the second largest US satellite television provider it will have 150 high definition TV channels by the end of year as it bids to challenge its larger rival, DirecTV, for supremacy in HD programming.

Clay T. Whitehead, Guide of Policy That Helped Cable TV, Is Dead at 69 (New York Times)

July 30th, 2008 by

Mr. Whitehead laid the groundwork for Open Skies, the policy that led to the creation of the domestic satellite system that brought cable television into millions of American homes.

Prisoners To Get Access To Satellite TV (WBAL-TV Baltimore)

July 30th, 2008 by

Officials said inmates in three prisons near Hagerstown will have access to satellite television.

TV in Prisons (ABC 2 Baltimore)

July 30th, 2008 by

Prisoners will soon get access to satellite TV.

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