Manassas Awards Cable Franchise to Verizon.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-8 May 2008-Manassas Awards Cable Franchise to Verizon(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The Manassas, Virginia, City Council authorized Verizon to offer its fiber-optic-powered FiOS TV. The 15-year cable franchise covers approximately 12,000 households in Manassas. Verizon currently offers FiOS TV to more than 1,100...

Is the U.S. dancing to a different drummer?
Abstract: Is the United States in full retreat from internationally recognized regulatory best practice? Or is it instead headed toward some different destination--"dancing to the beat of a different drummer"? Where is this likely to lead? Key words: broadband, regulation, competition, VoIP ********** ...

Is the U.S. dancing to a different drummer?
Abstract: Is the United States in full retreat from internationally recognized regulatory best practice? Or is it instead headed toward some different destination--"dancing to the beat of a different drummer"? Where is this likely to lead? Key words: broadband, regulation, competition, VoIP ********** ...

Spectrum allocation, spectrum commons and public goods: the role of the market.
Abstract: The reallocation of radio spectrum to valuable new and emerging technologies and services is essential to achieving the next wave of productivity and consumer benefits driven by ICT. Currently spectrum is not allocated to the most valuable uses, particularly the large amount of spectrum held for government use,...

East Side story.
[Under the Same Moon] THE ONCE LIVELY Mexican film industry stagnated after it was nationalized in the late 1950s but revived in the 1990s with the loosening of the government's velvet stranglehold on the arts. Last year three art-house films by Mexican directors, "Babel," "Pan's Labyrinth," and...

Ludia Serves Up Hell's Kitchen PC Game.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-9 June 2008-Ludia Serves Up Hell's Kitchen PC Game(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Interactive entertainment company Ludia announced the availability of the Hell's Kitchen USA downloadable game, based on Granada America's US TV show in which celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay puts aspiring chefs through a rigorous...

Dada Entertainment Offers MP3s via Online Storefront.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-15 May 2008-Dada Entertainment Offers MP3s via Online Storefront(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Dada Entertainment, the joint venture between Dada USA and Sony BMG Music Entertainment, announced the addition of DRM-free MP3s to its product suite. The new offering complements the full range of...

Hearst-Argyle Television to Webcast 1Q Earnings Conference Call.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-21 April 2008-Hearst-Argyle Television to Webcast 1Q Earnings Conference Call(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Hearst-Argyle Television is scheduled to issue a news release regarding its first-quarter results before NYSE trading on Thursday morning, May 1. The Company intends to host a conference call to...

Lockheed Martin-Built Satellite Launched Successfully.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-21 April 2008-Lockheed Martin-Built Satellite Launched Successfully(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The VINASAT-1 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) of Vietnam, was successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana. Lift-off occurred at 6:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight...

Some bets are off: the strangely selective and self-defeating crackdown on internet gambling.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ON JULY 16, 2006, the CEO of BetOnSports.com attacked an anti-online gambling bill that the House of Representatives had overwhelmingly approved a few days before. "We want to be regulated," David Carruthers wrote in the Baltimore Sun. "We want to be taxed. We want to...