Regulator to join Comcast after OK of NBC deal
(AP) -- A top telecommunications regulator who voted to approve Comcast Corp.'s takeover of NBCUniversal in January is leaving to join the company as a lobbyist.
Telecom
May 11, 2011
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Smart search engines for news videos
Searching for video recordings regularly pushes search engines to their limit. The truth of the matter is that purely automatic algorithms are not enough; user knowledge has to be harnessed, too. Now, researchers are making ...
Software
Jan 7, 2013
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New Dish Hopper set-up can record eight shows at once
Dish Network is unveiling a new recorder system that can record eight TV shows at once, as long as four of them are from the broadcast networks ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 6, 2014
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Cuba announces digital TV trials next month
Cuba is beginning a gradual rollout of digital television with trials next month in Havana, authorities said Monday.
Telecom
May 27, 2013
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Broadcasters sue Dish over ad-skipping DVR service
(AP) -- Broadcasters Fox, NBC and CBS sued Dish Network Corp. on Thursday over a service that offers commercial-free TV.
Telecom
May 24, 2012
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Digital TV is worth converter hassle
Converter boxes. Coupon shortages. Congressional squabbling. Mass confusion. Such hassles raise a fundamental question about the digital TV transition: What will consumers get in return? Quite a lot, actually.
Telecom
Feb 4, 2009
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Imec implements multi-mode digital TV receiver on reconfigurable processor with record area efficiency
Imec developed a reconfigurable receiver for highly diversified digital video broadcasting standards (DVB-T, ISDB-T and ATSC). The receiver is realized using algorithm-architecture co-optimization of imec’s reconfigurable ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Oct 11, 2011
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Multimedia search without detours
Finding a particular song or video is often no easy matter. Manually assigned metadata may be incorrect, and the unpacking of compressed data can slow up the search. DIVAS, a multimedia search engine, uses digital fingerprints ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 2, 2010
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Dish launches DVR that extends to other rooms
(AP) -- Satellite broadcaster Dish Network Corp. on Monday said it's launching a high-powered set-top box that can act as the central TV recorder for the whole home.
Telecom
Jan 9, 2012
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Maths to turn people's media into national news
Technology will put the power to make news into the hands of ordinary people and revolutionise the way the vast reservoir of the public's digital content is handled thanks to new research, funded by the Engineering and Physical ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 10, 2012
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