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	<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 02:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>UFC Using Roku</title>
		<link>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/05/17/ufc-bypassing-cable-satellite-using-roku/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/05/17/ufc-bypassing-cable-satellite-using-roku/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 19:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cable television]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Comcast]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DirecTV]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dish Network]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Roku]]></category>

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The fighting league UFC has signed a multi-year deal with Roku set top box company to offer UFC events to anyone with a broadband connection.  The events will be available for $44.99/ea, and a UFC On Demand channel will be available for $59.99 for 6 months.
UFC currently sells the pay-per-view [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dish Gets En Banc Review In TiVo Patent Case</title>
		<link>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/05/16/dish-gets-en-banc-review-in-tivo-patent-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/05/16/dish-gets-en-banc-review-in-tivo-patent-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 02:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Digital video recorder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DishNetwork]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[EchoStar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Patent]]></category>

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday granted a request by Dish Network and EchoStar to review a previous ruling regarding the Tivo Vs. Dish Network patent litigation.  Most see this as a temporary victory for Dish allowing them the ability to continue fighting through the appeal process.
At stake if Tivo wins, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Macmillan Publishing and Amazon Come to Terms, But Are Not Happy</title>
		<link>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/31/macmillan-amazon-not-happy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/31/macmillan-amazon-not-happy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[E-book]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Macmillan Publishers]]></category>

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Macmillan publishing, a company attempting to survive, has come to terms with Amazon.com over the distribution of it&#8217;s new releases over the Kindle.  Releasing titles at $12.99 to $14.99 per copy, versus Amazon&#8217;s desired $9.99 pricing structure.
Amazon released a statement as follows:
 
 
 
 
 
Dear Customers:
Macmillan, one of the &#8220;big six&#8221; publishers, has clearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blockbuster SD Card Rental Kiosk</title>
		<link>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/31/blockbuster-sd-card-kiosk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/31/blockbuster-sd-card-kiosk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Blockbuster]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Redbox]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SD Card]]></category>

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Blockbuster wants to add another movie format to the game.  Using the SD Card format they hope you will use their new kiosk to rent movies instead of dvd/blueray at Redbox.  Although I think they would have an easier time using USB format.  No word yet on pricing or the level of support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sirius XM Growing Fast</title>
		<link>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/20/sirius-xm-growing-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/20/sirius-xm-growing-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Radio]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sirius XM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[XM Satellite Radio]]></category>

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Sirius XM has reported a net growth for the Christmas quarter of 257,000 subscribers.  Bringing the total count to 18.8 million subscribers.

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		<title>NY Times Online Charge</title>
		<link>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/20/ny-times-online-charge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/20/ny-times-online-charge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Revenue stream]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The New York Times]]></category>

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NY Times has made the choice to start charging users to visit their site starting in 2011.
The new approach, referred to as the metered model, will offer users free access to a set number of articles per month and then charge users once they exceed that number. This will enable NYTimes.com to create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Will Get Conan?</title>
		<link>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/20/who-will-get-conan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/20/who-will-get-conan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Fox]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jay Leno]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[NBC]]></category>

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WSJ.com is reporting that Conan O&#8217;Brien is close to signing a $40,000,000 severance package deal to leave his post at The Tonight Show.
Leaving NBC gives him the option to go to Fox and head up the start of their very own week long late night division. 
One option that rarely gets discussed or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Netflix Streaming and Starz Deal Coming to an End?</title>
		<link>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/20/netflix-streaming-starz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/20/netflix-streaming-starz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
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The deal Netflix has with Starz may be coming to an end soon.
Disney licenses it&#8217;s movies to Starz for a flat fee, said to be typically in the range of $5,000,000 for major films, although things like this are rarely disclosed officially.
Currently Starz is reselling it&#8217;s steaming service to Netflix which is where the majority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xbox 360 and ESPN Streaming?</title>
		<link>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/20/xbox-360-and-espn-streaming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gigabytefan.com/2010/01/20/xbox-360-and-espn-streaming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		
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Xbox 360 users may someday be able to enjoy ESPN360 programming on their Xbox 360 consoles.  Talks are said to be underway between Disney and Microsoft to include some ESPN games in with the ESPN subscription fee.
At this time the talks are very early on, and may not come to pass.
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