| Al-Jazeera English hits the airwaves | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 1:16:07 PM by Blog57 Team | | Spanning the globe with high-definition broadcast centres in Washington, London, Kuala Lumpur and Doha, Qatar, al-Jazeera English is finally set to launch today, taking CNN and the BBC head-on. It's the new English-language offspring of the Arabic news network, which has itself been prominently in the news, with American groups such as the Accuracy in the Media calling it "terror television" while, according to al-Jazeera, it has been referred to by some Arab critics as part of an "American conspiracy" to tear "apart the Arab ranks." Yet with today's intense media interest in al-Jazeera English and the unflagging fortunes of the emir of Qatar reportedly pumping tens of millions of dollars into the operation, it's all a world away for most Canadians, since major Canadian cable companies are not expected to pick up the network any time soon.... | |
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| | | Rogers Cable is the first Canadian television provider to bring NBA LEAGUE PASS to its customers | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:42:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | Rogers Cable Communications Inc., today announced it is the first Canadian television provider to offer NBA LEAGUE PASS. Rogers Super Sports Pak customers will be able to enjoy more than 600 NBA games during the regular season (including select games in HD) which consists of approximately 25 games per week. Rogers is also the first company worldwide to offer such an extensive sports package that includes more then 600 NBA games, 1100 NHL games, 2000 MLB games, over 200 NFL games, as well as un-matched coverage of the OHL, NASCAR In Car, and NCAA football and basketball. With the addition of NBA games in high definition, Rogers continues to be the HD sports leader in Canada and the only provider of both NBA and Major League Baseball premium HD games. NBA LEAGUE PASS, launched in 1994, is the ultimate viewing experience for basketball fans who want to watch their favourite teams, players and match-ups from outside their local markets (blackout restrictions apply).... | |
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| | | Oceanic: Reboot before calling in cable problem | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:21:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | Oceanic Time Warner Cable is fully operational but individuals are reporting problems with Internet and television reception despite the restoration of power. Norman Santos, Oceanic's vice president of operations, said people might try to reboot ? unplug for 30 seconds ? and try again before calling 625-2100 to report problems. "In any kind of an outage like we suffered yesterday, there are going to be individuals customer who may not be getting the service but as far as we know across the state we are up, the majority is up," Santos said. Residents should wait until the digital display is on before trying to switch to channels, he warned. The company is monitoring its entire system and sees no big pockets where service is out, Santos said. "So now we're down to smaller street-type outages where one of our amplifiers may have burned due to a power surge so we're down to jungle fighting right now," he said.... | |
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| | | Charter raises rates for expanded basic cable | | Posted Thursday, October 05, 2006 7:13:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | Sitting on the couch and watching TV will soon cost more for many area cable customers. Cable television provider Charter Communications will add another $2 to its monthly fee for the popular expanded basic cable service on Nov. 1, raising the charge to a penny less than $48. But the boost will not affect more than half of Charter's customers in Minnesota -- those who subscribe to more expensive digital or "bundled" packages of services, company spokesman Tucker Carlson said. Charter bumped up its expanded basic rate by $2 a month last year at this time. Carlson said the cable company is reacting to escalating business costs, especially for programming purchased from cable TV networks. Charter's added expenses this year have been "far in excess of what the increase is to the customer," said Carlson, director of government relations for Minnesota and Nebraska.... | |
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| | | Police rescues kidnapped cable TV owner | | Posted Saturday, September 23, 2006 7:14:24 PM by Blog57 Team | | Salem (TN), Sept 22: Proprieter of a leading cable television firm in Tamil Nadu was kidnapped by a nine-member gang but police rescued him within hours by tracing a call made from his mobile phone.Kalyanasundaram, 54, owner of multi-system cable operator 'Polimer Network', was intercepted by the gang when he was returning home by car here last night, police told PTI.While Kalyanasundaram was being dragged out of his car by the gang, a police inspector reached the spot by chance and tried to intervene.Though the inspector managed to overpower and catch one gang member, others took away Kayanasundaram in another car.The inspector alerted Salem City Police Commissioner R Gopalakrishnan, who sought help from BSNL to trace Kalyanasundaram's cellphone records, police said.After BSNL officials informed that a call was made from Kalyanasundaram's mobile phone at Annadanapatty, about 11 km from here, policemen in plainclothes reached the spot and located the gang's hiding place.The team led by Gopalakrishnan managed to rescue Kalyanasundaram by opening fire in the air.... | |
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| | | Changes in cable television agreement anger village officials | | Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 9:15:54 AM by Blog57 Team | | ONTONAGON -- Ontonagon Village Manager Penny Osier, cautioned the Ontonagon Village Council Monday to continue to monitor the progress and finances of the Ontonagon Memorial Hospital because of the liability the village has in relation to the hospital. Osier said she talked to Don Keim, Miller Canfield, village bonding attorney regarding the hospital's financial situation. The village learned from hospital auditors last month that the hospital is expected to finish the year about $1.3 million in the red. Osier said that Keim agreed that since the hospital is a component unit of the village, the financial stability of the hospital has "a direct impact on the financial stability of the village." She continued that, "In a worst case scenario, if the hospital had net liabilities in any given year that were greater than the net assets of the General Fund of the village, then the village would have a negative fund balance and could go into receivership with the State of Michigan." Village President Scott Roehm, who also sits on the Hospital board , had some good news about the hospital.... | |
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| | | Legislature OKs bill opening cable TV market | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 11:13:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | A hard-fought bill that would create statewide franchises for cable television, easing the entry of big telephone companies into that market, was approved late Thursday and awaits Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature. The Assembly voted 64 to 5 to concur in Senate amendments to AB 2987, which was the subject of expensive and intense lobbying by major players such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. .... | |
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| | | Hundreds of bill up for votes in last four days of session | | Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 9:46:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | SACRAMENTO - Hundreds of bills, including measures to raise the minimum wage, curb greenhouse gas emissions and implement a universal health care system, face votes this week as lawmakers rush to meet Thursday's deadline to wrap up their 2006 regular session. Not subject to the deadline is the special session on prison overcrowding that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called in June. It could drag on until the end of November, when the 2005-06 Legislature goes out of business. The Republican governor and the Legislature's Democratic leaders have cut deals that should smooth the way for passage of a minimum wage hike and legislation requiring prescription drug discounts for uninsured lower-income Californians. But agreements on legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sources and on the governor's proposals to spend $6 billion to expand prisons remain elusive.... | |
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| | | Mumbai cable operators black out 9 channels | | Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:12:27 AM by Blog57 Team | | Cable operators on Monday night blocked all television channels, except Doordarshan, in protest against police "raids" against major movie channels allegedly showing adult movies in contravention of the Bombay High Court order. "We have blocked all channels except Doordarshan to protest against police action," Ganesh Naidu, President of All Mumbai Cable Operators Association said. Naidu said cable operators were protesting the police action, saying they were merely service providers and not broadcasters. Hence, they had no control on transmission of adult content. Nine major film television channels went off the air on Monday in Mumbai after police stopped their telecast for allegedly showing adult movies in contravention of the High Court order. It is for the police to take action against broadcasters and not cable operators, he said.... | |
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| | | Views sought on adding TV channel | | Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:12:00 AM by Blog57 Team | | PORTSMOUTH -- Residents interested in Portsmouth adding a public-access cable television channel to carry locally-produced programming, or who have concerns about other local cable television issues, are encouraged to attend Wednesday's "ascertainment hearing" hosted by the city and its Cable Commission. The Cable Commission has created a 42-minute video to inform local residents about nongovernmental, public-access cable television programming in advance of Wednesday's hearing at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chamber at City Hall. Under federal law governing the cable television franchise renewal process, the city and the Cable Commission must identify the future cable-related needs and interests of the city so that the city can evaluate Comcast's renewal proposal to determine whether it meets those needs and interests.... | |
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