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Kantar: Windows Phone ‘Stutters’ Amid Android Price Competition, iPhone 5S Is Apple’s Buffer | TechCrunch: "In China, it notes that devices with a screen larger than 5” made up 40% of smartphone sales in March. “It’s clear that phablets really are changing the way Chinese consumers use smartphones,” Sunnebo writes. “More than one in five phablet owners now watch mobile TV on a daily basis, half do so at least once a month, and this is without the widespread availability of 4G. As 4G infrastructure expands in China, the demand for data is going to be unprecedented, paving the way for carriers to boost revenues significantly through larger data packages.”..."

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Swisscom boosts IPTV and mobile TV

Swisscom boosts IPTV and mobile TV
TeleGeography
... line incumbent and triple-play service provider, Swisscom, has chosen its 'ProMedia Live' real-time multiscreen transcoding platform and 'NMX Digital Service Manager' to provide high definition (HD) video streams for IPTV and mobile TV services.

Over Half of Tablet, Smartphone Time Is Shared with TV Viewing -- New GfK Analysis
MarketWatch (press release)
Compared to young adults (ages 18 to 34), Baby Boomers (35 to 49) spent much more time using tablets and TV simultaneously -- 67% of tablet minutes, versus 39% for the younger group. Simultaneous use of smartphones and TV was about the same for both ...

KIT digital Powers Expansion of Sky Deutschland's Sky Go "TV Everywhere" Solution
MarketWatch (press release)
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, Apr 12, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- KIT digital, Inc. (NASDAQ:KITD) , a leading video technology and services company, today announced that it has been chosen by pay TV operator Sky Deutschland to expand the reach of its Sky ...

Charter Breaks Into Interactive TV Ads With FourthWall
Multichannel News
Once the Ad Widgets system is deployed, Charter Media advertising customers will be able to deliver a variety of ITV-enhanced commercials, targeted based on demographics or geography. The FourthWall interactive TV advertising solution is built on ...

New Study: How Are Grocery Shoppers Advancing Their Use of Digital Media?
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
BARRINGTON, Ill.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Connecting with Modern Grocery Shoppers, a new report developed by Brick Meets Click (BMC) in partnership with Grocery Shopping Network (GSN), will be released April 19. GSN took the lead in assembling the ...

Charter to Launch Interactive Television With FourthWall Media Ad Widgets
MarketWatch (press release)
"Interactive TV has proven to be an effective solution for advertisers and a good experience for customers," said Jim Heneghan, President, Charter Media. "It connects businesses with viewers in real time on their television.

UTStarcom Signs IPTV Broadcasting Control Platform Contract in Chongqing
MarketWatch (press release)
("UTStarcom" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:UTSI) , a leading provider of interactive, IP-based network solutions in iDTV, IPTV, Internet TV and broadband for cable and telecom operators, announced today that it has won a contract from Chongqing Radio and ...

Sony to cut 10000 jobs, turn around TV business
Access North Georgia
TOKYO - Faced with mounting losses, Sony Corp. said Thursday it will slash 10000 jobs, or about 6 percent of its global workforce, and try to turn around its money-losing TV business over the next two years. New CEO and President Kazuo Hirai outlined ...

Whither the Podcast? In Defense of Digital Media's Great Creation
MediaPost Communications
The on-demand and portable audio show is to my mind one of the great and under appreciated products of the digital era. The regularity of the programming, its self-selected audience, the reliance on voice and often conversation -- all coalesce to create ...

New TV Behaviors Contributing to Advances in Interactive TV Advertising
Huffington Post
The sudden collapse of cable TV consortium Canoe Ventures a few weeks ago generated a lively debate among media and advertising experts on the future of making television an interactive experience for viewers. Media economist Jack Myers called the ...

Crowdfunding for Couch Potatoes: Mobcaster Wants to Democratize TV Programming
Forbes
Mobcaster TV is an online platform that matches unfunded television writers and directors with a passionate group of financial backers: television consumers. Aspiring TV show creators can post 150-second pitch videos and set their fundraising goals.

Public TV studio revives Met
Fresno Bee
By Rick Bentley - The Fresno Bee A new public-access TV station is bringing life to the former Metropolitan Museum building in downtown Fresno, which has been closed for more than two years and has served as a glaring reminder of downtown deterioration ...

Fresno Bee

Canadian Pay TV Services Still Growing, Despite Netflix
Hollywood Reporter
Showing HBO and Showtime series like "Game of Thrones" is helping sign new subscribers, with Astral Media to launch the HBO Go app in Canada this fall. TORONTO - Canadian pay TV is doing so well by its primetime HBO and Showtime series like Game of ...

Hollywood Reporter

Ford Launches Focus Electric Online with World's First Digital Road Trips for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Plug N Play in Electric City is Ford's latest foray into the social media arena and further illustrates how Ford is launching the new 2012 Focus Electric in a new and different way. Ford's electrified vehicle business is fundamentally different than ...

Android IPTV Extends to Hotel TV Market
Einnews Portugal
NetUP IPTV Combine 4x installed in hotel allows guests to access TV and Video on Demandcontent using user-friendly and feature-rich GUI of Android-based IP set-top boxes. The IPTVsolution is connected with MICROS Opera hotel property management ...

IMImobile and zeebox partner to drive deeper social media audience engagement ...
Business Standard
IMImobile, a leading global provider of technology infrastructure for mobile data, interactive broadcast, voice and video services to mobile operators, enterprises and media companies today announced the integration of its Multi-Media Console (MMC) ...

Stores Go Online to Find a Perfect Fit
New York Times (blog)
In March 2011, the pharmacy chain Walgreen acquired its online rival Drugstore.com for roughly $409 million. One month later, Wal-Mart Stores paid about $300 million for Kosmix, a social media start-up that now serves as the retailer's lab for building ...

New York Times (blog)

Average monthly pay-TV bill to hit $200 by 2020
Chicago Tribune
LOA ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - TV lovers may need to take out a loan when the cable bill arrives -- in 2020. By that time, the average monthly cost for pay-TV service in the United States is expected to balloon to $200, according to a new forecast by the ...

Digital Media awards comes to Asia
By Staff Writer
Lions Festivals, organisers of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, has announced its intention to host Digital Media Awards for Asia. The 2012 Digital ... The festival will culminate in the awards celebrating the best work across media and entertainment, apps, gaming, online PR and online marketing categories, judged by a stellar line-up of industry professionals. ... Would businesses still achieve the same level of reach globally even withoutsocial media? Yes; No ...
Digital Market Asia

UTStarcom Signs IPTV Broadcasting Control ... - Digital TV News
By Digital TV News
(“UTStarcom” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: UTSI), a leading provider of interactive, IP-based network solutions in iDTV, IPTV, Internet TV and broadband for cable and telecom operators, announced today that it has won a contract from ...
Digital TV News

Appeals court reinstates Rosetta Stone's suit ... - Digital Media Wire
By Rich Scherr
The U.S. Court of Appeals has reinstated a trademark infringement lawsuit filed in 2009 by Rosetta Stone, a provider of language learning software and online services, against Internetsearch giant Google.
Digital Media Wire | connecting...

Turner Owned Imagine TV To Shut Down - MediaNama
By Anupam Saxena
Hindi language General Entertainment Channel, Imagine TV, which is owned by Turner Broadcasting, is shutting down its business operations, with effect from 12th.
MediaNama: Digital Media in India

Fords runs reality TV series on Yahoo to promote Green Car - Digital ...
The car maker will promote its Focus Electric model during an online reality program called “Plugged In.” The online program will begin in May, when Ford's Focus Electric model will be available in some U.S. markets. It will be broadcast ... “Ford is launching the Focus Electric on Yahoo!, once again recognizing the power and reach of the Web as we continue to rely more ondigital media,” Matt VanDyke, director, U.S. marketing communications for Ford. “The electric vehicle market will ...
Digital Intelligence

Ben: Schwarz: IPTV is dead – long live OTTIPTV - Broadband TV ...
By Ben Schwarz
Shop. Country Profiles; Digital TV Eastern Europe; IPTV World Forecasts; Satellite TV Forecasts;Digital TV World Databook ... For the sake of clarity, in this piece, I'll use the term IPTV to describe TV delivered over managed networks with guaranteed quality of service as opposed to OTT delivery that has to go over networks not managed by the service provider. ... Before OTT can make managed IPTV delivery obsolete, we'll need a very different Internet from the one we have today.
Broadband TV News

The Best B2B Companies Get 230% More Leads From Social Media ...
By Sue Brady
Getting great results from digital marketing takes more than simply creating a social mediacampaign and hoping for the best—it takes a truly optimized solution that's measureable in hard metrics, tying social media and other digital efforts to ...
Leapfrog Online

£300K Digital Innovation Contest – TV and Film | Business Bootcamp
By The Bootcamps Team
£300k Digital Innovation Contest – TV and Film. A new £300k contest run by by IC tomorrow will provide participants with the opportunity to innovate with some of the TV and film industries' key players. The six business challenges, which have ...
Business Bootcamp

Tablets a TV friend: 85 percent of tablet owners use the device while ...
By Meghan Kelly
Given the many different avenues for streaming video, the natural conclusion is that tablets will eventually kill off the TV too, but Epps says tablets actually complement the TV watching experience. .... online media; the convergence of offline and online advertising; the impact of mobile devices like smartphones, superphones, and tablets; the networking of the living room from video-game consoles to set-top boxes to Apple TV, Google TV; and the emergence ofsocial media as a key ...
VentureBeat

Digital devices complement TV: News from Warc.com

Watch the creative that brings campaigns to life – TV and video executions from ... Daily bulletins on brand strategy, new markets, digital media and innovation.
www.warc.com/.../Digital_devices_complement_TV.content?...

Swisscom Expands Web and Mobile Television Services With ...
Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT), a global leader in video infrastructure solutions, today announced that Swisscom, Switzerland's leading telecom provider, has ...
digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/.../Swisscom-Expands-W...

Digital Media Designer at TV One, LLC in Silver Spring, Maryland ...
TV One, LLC is hiring! View and apply for the Digital Media Designer Job at TV One, LLC in Silver Spring, Maryland.
www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=2837941...2

OneBeat aims to become leaders of digital media in EDM, online ...
We've just caught wind of an exciting new company that plans to launch an assault on the world of EDM fairly shortly. YouTube will be their primary platform to ...
www.dancingastronaut.com/.../onebeat-aims-to-become-leader...

Media Alert: Mobile Content Venture to Demonstrate Dyle(TM) Mobile TV at NAB ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Dyle Mobile TV is the consumer-facing brand launched by MCV to deliver live mobile television content from 15 major broadcast groups including Pearl LLC (Belo Corp., Cox Media Group, EW Scripps Co., Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst Television Inc., ...

Marketron Introduces Its Mobile Marketing and Advertising Technology to the TV ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Already in extensive use by more than 2200 radio stations, KLWB-TV and KDCG-TV are among the first TV stations to adopt Marketron's mobile engagement and advertising platform. "Mobile advertising is taking on a larger role in the marketing mix for many ...

Regency Resources Announces Binding Letter of Intent to Merge With Digitally ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The business combination will target the distribution of content in the rapidly expanding internetbroadcast TV market. Greenwald has been a pioneer in the media distribution sector for over 30 years and believes that a move to internet television is a ...

Broadcast International's New CodecSys Media Server Enables Multi-Protocol ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CodecSys is ideal for OTT, IPTV, VOD, Mobile TV and Internet TV applications. Managed MediaServices (MMS) enables a turnkey solution comprised of all the tools necessary to meet marketing and merchandising objectives through digital signage, ...

DG and 24/7 Media Announce Strategic Partnership
MarketWatch (press release)
Under the agreement, 24/7 Media will endorse DG's MediaMind as a preferred vendor for third-party online ad serving and TV ad delivery for agencies and advertisers to their clients worldwide.24/7 Media, formerly 24/7 Real Media, is GroupM's technology ...

Digital TV Broadcasts to Be Offered By Year-End
AllAfrica.com
By Charles Gichane, 11 April 2012 Nairobi, Kenya — The government is optimistic that digital TVbroadcasts will be available to 70 percent of Kenya's viewing population by the end of the year. The digital signal is currently only available in Nairobi ...

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5 Digital Marketing Trends You Can't Afford to Ignore

5 Huge Digital Marketing Trends You Can't Afford to Ignore: "In this increasingly interconnected world, consumers are not necessarily thinking in terms of silos. Research shows that 72% of consumers want to be engaged with an integrated marketing approach, but only 39% are receiving that. Google found that consumers had 74% brand recall when the advertiser’s integrated strategy carried across mobile, TV and online."

Mexico's Slim aims for US Internet TV this year
Reuters
Last year the company purchased Miami-based DLA Inc, a digital media firm that distributes movies and television series from US entertainment houses, as well as music to televisions and smartphones. Slim's main expertise is mobile and fixed-line phone ...

Larry King Stars on Online TV Network Funded by Mexican Billionaire Slim
BusinessWeek
By Crayton Harrison on March 12, 2012 Billionaire Carlos Slim's wireless carrier America Movil (AMXL) SAB is funding an online TV network that will star former CNN talk-show host Larry King. Ora.tv, based in New York, is led by Jon Housman, ...

Carlos Slim Talks About Backdrop To New Internet TV Network Featuring Larry King
Forbes
Slim's mobile phone giant America Movil is backing a new Internet TV network featuring Larry King called Ora.tv that plans to create video programming for digital distribution, according to a statement on Ora.tv The New York Times' Brian Stelter ...

Larry King to Host Show on New Internet TV Network
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Slim tapped Jon Housman, previously the president of digital journalism initiatives at News Corp ., to run the network, which will launch later this year, according to a spokesman for Mr. Slim. Ora.TV is one of an expanding number of online ...

Intel eyes Internet-based TV service: report
msnbc.com
SAN FRANCISCO — Chipmaker Intel is developing an Internet-based TV service for consumers and has been promoting it with media companies, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the effort. E! News has obtained a voicemail that could ...

Larry King Online TV Show Bankrolled by World's Richest Man
Christian Post
The Mexcian billionaire is looking to expand his media interests in telecommunications to onlineoutlets, and Larry King will help headline the project. Ora.TV also has Jon Housman, the former president of digital journalism for Newscorp, ...

[TV] World's Richest Man Working With Larry King On New On Demand Network
411mania.com
The world's richest man, Carlos Slim Helu (estimated net worth of $69 billion) is working with Larry King for a new online on-demand network called Ora TV. The network will be led by former News Corp executive Jon Housman.

Carlos Slim & Larry King Partner for New Digital TV Venture
World Screen
By Kristin Brzoznowski NEW YORK: Mexican communications billionaire Carlos Slim is backing a new digital television venture, Ora.TV, joined by news legend Larry King as co-founder of the network. Ora.TV is funded by América Móvil, the leading Latin ...

Kelly Day to lead Blip: Digital media exec quits Discovery
Chicago Tribune
Discovery Communications' exec VP of digital media and commerce has ankled to become CEO ofonline video network Blip. Kelly Day, who will also join Blip's board, will oversee the company's next phase of growth for its advertising and distribution ...

Bring some class to your social media
CNN
Got a question about etiquette in the digital world? Contact them at netiquette@cnn.com. (CNN) -- While the Republican nominees beat their drums and stomp their feet and whoop "class warfare," we're reminded of another kind of war on class: That is ...

Carlos Slim taps Larry King for internet TV channel
Financial Times
Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecommunications magnate, is funding Ora TV, an online, on-demand television network that will feature Larry King, the former CNN chat-show host. Jon Housman, Ora TV's chief executive and the former president of digital ...

Financial Times

Apple TV, Google TV ... Could We Soon See Intel TV?
PC Magazine
The service, aimed at the US market, would bundle US TV channels much like cable and satellite TVproviders already do but deliver them over the Internet through the Intel-branded set-top boxes, according to the newspaper. Intel itself has not made the ...

Mexico's Carlos Slim partners with TV legend Larry King to launch internet TV ...
Channel 6 News Online
TV, as it will be called, said the network will create high-quality video programming for digitaldistribution via phones, laptops, tablets, internet-connected televisions, and other devices. "Unlike linear cable channels, from its inception Ora will ...

TV flexes ad muscle as media feels pinch
Variety
By Jill Goldsmith Ad spending on network television surged last quarter while other traditional mediaand digital outlets were hit by year-end belt tightening, according to a study issued Monday, one of several this week that will dissect the health of ...

Intel eyes Internet-based TV service - WSJ
Reuters
| SAN FRANCISCO, March 12 (Reuters) - Chipmaker Intel Corp is developing an Internet-based TVservice for consumers and has been promoting it with media companies, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the effort.

Intel in talks for internet TV service
Financial Times
By Chris Nuttall in San Francisco Intel is talking to US media companies about an internet-basedTV service powered by its chips, in a dramatic departure for the world's leading semiconductor company. The discussions are at an early stage, according to ...

'Braveheart' TV series in development
Digital Spy
Mick Davis (The Eleventh Hour) will write and executive produce the TV project, from STV Productions, Digital Rights Group, Nine/8 Entertainment and Creative Media. "This was a turbulent time in Scotland's history, in which William Wallace had a ...

AdReady to Host Luncheon Seminar on the New Political Online Advertising Landscape
MarketWatch (press release)
... creators of powerful software that enables any marketer to master online advertising, today announced it is hosting a special luncheon on March 29 titled, "The New Rules of Political Advertising: How Digital Media Can Save You Money and Help You ...

Larry King's Age Not a Concern at New Internet Network Ora.tv
Hollywood Reporter
The former CNN interviewer, who is launching a new show for the digital TV venture, will "surprise" people, executive Jon Housman tells THR. At 78, Larry King will pick up where he left off as a CNN anchor to launch a new show on the soon-to-launch ...

Hollywood Reporter

Larry King returns to broadcasting on Internet-based Ora.TV
Zap2it.com (blog)
Only this time it's on the Internet. Carlos Slim Helu, the richest man in the world, announced on Monday (March 12) that he's financing an Internet TV station called Ora.TV. And his first major hire for on-air talent is King. In a statement, King says, ...

Zap2it.com (blog)

House Party Launches Facebook App to Deliver Industry-Leading Engagement ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, Mar 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- House Party, Inc., a leading social mediacompany that combines digital media and word-of-mouth marketing with brand-inspired, in-home events, announced that it has extended its powerful digital platform to ...

Carlos Slim, Larry King to Launch Ora.tv Internet Television Network
DailyTech
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú and American television host Larry King will be introducing a new internet television network called Ora.tv. Ora.tv will feature television shows that can be streamed to users through devices such as smartphones, ...

DailyTech

Evolve Media Corp. Launches in UK with Vertically Focused Media Services Business
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, Mar 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Evolve Media Corp., an integrated digital mediacompany, announced today its launch in the United Kingdom. Evolve oversees the existing mediaservices division Gorilla Nation, and has now unveiled their women's ...

Samsung enters mobile TV with new device
ITWeb
By Staff writer, ITWeb Capitalising on the increasing amount of time consumers are spending on mobile entertainment, the Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 will feature digital radio and mobile TV functionality. Samsung plans to launch mobile TV, Internet services and ...
 
ITWeb

21 Great Apps and Tools for Social Media
PC Magazine
Losing track of who's talking about you or your brand online? Overwhelmed by Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Foursquare, and the like? These tools help you get a grip on social media. By Jill DuffySocial media is nearly as ubiquitous a communication tool ...

Larry King to host daily talkshow for digital television company Ora.TV
Digital Spy
Larry King is to host a new daily talkshow for a start-up digital television network. King has now been hired by billionaire Carlos Slim Helu to return to the talkshow format for the new venture Ora.TV. The new program will be streamed to mobile ...

Tuning in to TV: Obama message to open bullying-prevention film
Washington Times
A new online programming venture bankrolled by the world's richest man will launch with the return of a veteran television personality - Larry King. Mr. King will start up a new daily talk show later this year for Ora.TV, according to the Associated ...

Washington Times

Internet TV Wars -- Intel "In"? Either Way ... - Digital Media Update
By Peter D. Csathy (Twitter name pcsathy)
The biggest names in tech -- Google, Apple, Amazon to name a few -- are said to be chasing the holy grail of Internet TV; that is, over-the-top delivery of premium motion picture and television programming that bypasses cable and satellite operators and ... adds its "two cents" -- that Intel is in talks right now with all major media companies to deliver its own OTT "virtual cable operator/MSO" service that offers live linear TV programming (such as ESPN), in addition to video on demand.
Digital Media Update

Mobile TV Revenues To Reach $8.9 Billion | AccuraCast Digital ...
By Nilu
Streaming TV shows to mobile devices is growing in popularity and seems to be likely to emerge as the dominant mode of consumption of video content on the.
AccuraCast Digital Media News

Digital trends for publishers – perspectives from Israel ...
By marek.miller
It works like an appstore, but consists of videos and TV content. At the moment it has mainly games now but sports and other publisher content will follow. Video and video advertising are the final big trends. Everything in Israeli digital media is ...
forum4editors.com

How Will The iPad 3 Impact Audience Buying Available Through ...
By AdExchanger
71% of tablet owners have gone online while watching TV (Ipsos MediaCT, Fall 2011). The emerging trend of audiences simultaneously consuming iPad and TV media can unlock conversations with and among consumers. To this end, the ...
AdExchanger.com: Exchanging Ideas...

Ireland – Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts ...
By jeffowen
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7cb90a/ireland_telecoms) has announced the addition of the “Ireland – Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and … ... subscribers, ARPU, MoU;; Internet, VoIP, IPTV;; Mobile voice and data markets;; Broadband (FttH, DSL, cable TV, wireless);; Convergence and digital media;; 3G subscriber and mobile ARPU forecasts to 2015;; Broadband market forecasts for selective years to 2020.
Telecom Reseller

Bits of Freedom in Defense of Digital Civil Rights of Social Media ...
By Michelle Oosthuyzen
According to van Hoboken, BOF wants to expand their focus on issues concerning social media. The topics that they primarily have been working on include raising awareness by following discussions, explain and point out important ...
Unlike Us: Understanding Social...

Beet.TV: "TV Everywhere" Early Adopters Like Short News Content ...
By Daisy Whitney
Early adopters of "TV Everywhere" are relying on the service for news, short clips and snacking, says Jason Forbes, senior VP of strategy at Time Warner Cable Media, in this video interview with Beet.TVWe ... TV. We spoke with the cable executive about how the TV Everywhere platform is being used by advertisers and consumers, as well as challenges ahead for TV Everywhere success. Beet.TVinterviewed him last week at the Digital ... Shawn Bender, Wall Street Journal Online ...
Beet.TV

Bell Launches Fibe TV in Quebec City : Digital Home
By Cliff Boodoosingh
The $220 million investment is the largest 'fibre to the home' network rollout of its kind in Canada, supporting enhanced competition and choice in Québec with the latest broadband TV, Internet and Home Phone services, noted Bell. “The people ... With download speeds of up to 175 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 30 Mbps, customers will enjoy exceptional HD image quality, complete On Demand service and direct access to social media applications such as Facebook and Twitter.
Digital Home

Indian Government To Use Social Media To Clear Doubts Around ...
By Anupam Saxena
Indian Government To Use Social Media To Clear Doubts Around Digitalization ... During the process,tv viewers who receive cable without conditional access or set top boxes will be required to switch to a digital platform. It's important that ...
MediaNama: Digital Media in India

David Abraham Speech to the FT Digital Media Conference ...
David Abraham Speech to the FT Digital Media Conference ... The dictionary definition of the word 'network' in the context of TV is this: 'a group of broadcasting ...
www.channel4.com/.../david-abraham-speech-to-the-ft-digital-...

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