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Iran state TV says seven people killed near rally

Iranian state television said on Tuesday seven people had been killed near the site of a rally in Tehran. Iran's English-language Press TV carried a breaking news headline citing radio as saying Seven people killed near illegal Tehran rally.

Obama urges laggards get ready for digital TV

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President Barack Obama warned Americans on Thursday who have not prepared for the June 12 transition to digital television that their TVs could go dark if they do not get a converter box soon.
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NY offers podcasts of famed film and TV spots

Visitors to the Big Apple will be able to scope out some of the city's famous sites that have been featured in films and television shows with free podcasts unveiled by the city on Monday.
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Hasbro, Discovery team up on new kids' TV network

U.S. toymaker Hasbro Inc and Discovery Communications unveiled a joint venture on Thursday for a television network and website that will carry children's programs featuring brands like G.I. Joe, Transformers and My Little Pony.
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Time for TV: Adobe Flash comes to the home

Adobe Systems Inc. announced that it will be bringing its popular Flash technology beyond computer screens to Internet-connected televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and other home entertainment devices.
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How to Get TV Talk-Show Tickets

Think participating in a TV audience is just for fans? Not always. When Jenny Jones was preparing for her show’s launch in 1991, she dropped by a taping of The Phil Donahue Show.
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Guantanamo captive phones TV office, claims abuse

A young Guantanamo prisoner from Chad was given permission to telephone a relative but instead called the al Jazeera television network and said he was being beaten and abused at the U.S. detention camp.
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Disney warns cable on restrictive Web TV

Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger warned the cable TV industry not to alienate consumers by restricting cable programing on the Web to paying TV subscribers because it could provoke a consumer backlash.
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TV shows coming to Blackberry

Full-length TV shows will be shown now on BlackBerry devices as QuickPlay Media has announced it will offer a new TV download service for the smartphones via the newly released Research In Motion applications store.
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Quickplay to offer popular TV shows on BlackBerry

Privately-held QuickPlay Media Inc plans to deliver full length popular television shows to BlackBerry smartphone screens via Research In Motion's applications store after forging agreements with TV networks, including NBC, CBS Corp and MTV.
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Asian youths can't live without TV, Web: poll

Want to get across to Asia's youth? Do it through media or music, with a survey revealing that most spend on average 10 hours a day watching TV, on the Internet, reading magazines or listening to the radio.
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TV ads to add to pressure on Chinalco-Rio deal

Australian politicians turned up the heat against Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc's planned $19.5 billion tie-up with China's Chinalco, with one taking out television ads on Tuesday to push for the deal to be blocked.
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U.S. gears up for digital TV switch now on June 12

With about three months to go, U.S. regulators say some consumers are still unprepared for the television industry switch to digital broadcasting, which will affect Americans who do not receive their signals through cable or satellite.
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U.S. gears up for digital TV switch on June 12

With about three months to go, U.S. regulators say some consumers are still unprepared for the television industry switch to digital broadcasting, which will affect Americans who do not receive their signals through cable or satellite.
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Cable providers eye offering TV shows online: report

Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc are talking with owners of major cable television networks about ways to give cable subscribers online access to much of the networks' programing, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation.
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Few report hitches as digital TV switch begins

This is an improvement of more than 800,000 homes since Nielsen reported readiness status at the beginning of February. The Albuquerque/Santa Fe, N.M., market continues to be the least prepared. Some stations switched during the daytime, but an NAB representative said the vast majority that switched Tuesday did so after airing their primetime programing.
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Digital TV officially delayed

President Obama signed the DTV Delay Act into law Wednesday night, postponing the transition to digital TV until June 12 and putting wireless companies' plans to use their 700 MHZ spectrum assets on hold.
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Mobile TV to hit 500m viewers in 4 years

While mobile broadcast TV was pioneered in Japan and South Korea, following the switchover to all-digital TV, traditional and mobile TV broadcasters in many regions will launch mobile TV services that are forecast to attract over 500 million viewers by 2013, according to new research.

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