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XStreamHD
Scott Greczkowski
December 23, 2009

What appeared the past few years to be smoke and mirrors looks like it could be for real soon. XStreamHD which showed of its service the past two years looks like they may be getting ready for launch.

XStreamHD put out press releases letting us know that manufacturing has started on its media boxes in preperation of a 2010 launch. A company called Jabil Circuit has begun the production of XstreamHD’s state of the art HD Media Server and Pro Media receiver hardware.

DirecTV's Christmas Wish
December 23, 2009
Posted by Scott Greczkowski

Ahh Christmas time, a time to wish for what you want. Some folks are dreaming of a new big screen television, others don’t want much and want to give to others while other are wishing for their two front teeth.

DirecTV has one big Christmas wish this year and that wish is for a successful and on time launch of its new DirecTV 12 satellite. The new satellite is scheduled to take off next week December 28th at 7:22PM Eastern Time from Launch Pad 39 from the Baikonur Cosmodrone in Kazakhstan.

New York to beam disaster alerts to Xbox gamers
'Liberty City' to test emergency broadcasts via consoles
By James Sherwood
25th November 2009 16:55 GMT

Evading terrorists and nuclear attacks on your Xbox 360 looks set to become a real-world challenge as well as a virtual one. New York State (NYS) has begun trialling use of the console as an emergency broadcast system for disasters.

Time Warner Cable Asks Customers: Should It Roll Over Or Get Tough On Programmer Price Hikes
Launches Web Site As Part Of Initiative To Gauge Subscriber Response To Upcoming Negotiations

Mike Reynolds -- Multichannel News, 11/25/2009 10:52:43 AM

Girding for battles that loom on the horizon, Time Warner Cable has launched a multifaceted campaign centering on price increases by programmers. Facing expiring deals with a number of key programmers, the nation's second-largest cable operator is launching a Web site,

Time Warner Sets Dec. 9 As AOL Spin Date
Stock To Trade When-Issued On Nov. 24
Mike Farrell -- Multichannel News, 11/16/2009 5:00:34 PM

Time Warner Inc. said Monday it has finalized Dec. 9 as the spin-off date of its AOL online unit, adding that current shareholders of record will receive one share of AOL stock for every 11 shares of Time Warner stock they hold.Time Warner announced earlier this year that it would spin off the AOL unit.

Wisconsin Realizes 'Franchise Reform' Was A Con
As cable rates continue to soar ever higher...
09:19AM Monday Oct 26 2009 by Karl Bode

When AT&T and Verizon were pushing for "franchise reform" laws to ease their entry into the pay TV market, they spent a lot of time promising how the laws would lower TV prices. In reality, the laws were largely wish lists giving the baby bells anything they wanted, including veto power over eminent domain laws, weaker local authority, the legal right to cherry pick broadband deployment, and fewer consumer protections. But dozens of States passed the laws anyway, tempted by the promise of lower TV prices.