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- Column: CBS affirms its digital direction
CBS believes it's on the right digital track, with a new survey showing 56% of viewers know network TV shows are available on the Web, and of those who didn't, when they were told about the new technology, 62% say they would sample it, according to Chicago Tribune columnist Phil Rosenthal. Chicago Tribune (free registration)
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- Nortel sees BT contract as win for PBT solution
Nortel has been marketing its Provider Backbone Transport metro technology as ideal for wireless backhaul and business services applications and views BT's decision to go with the solution as validation of its efforts. Nortel asserts PBT can serve as an alternative or complement to multiprotocol label switching in metro networks. Telephony Online
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- Singapore awards IPTV license
SingNet secured a Nationwide Subscription TV Service license that will enable the company to introduce mass-market IPTV services, including programming from Rainbow Media. The Media Development Authority is issuing licensing to increase competition in the IPTV market. World Screen News
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- Companies flock to mobile Web
Mobile-phone advertising is still in its infancy in the U.S., but the possibility for revenue on the mobile Web is attracting everyone from major cell-phone carriers, such as Sprint Nextel, to Internet search engines, such as Google, and startups, such as AdMob and Third Screen Media. About 15% of American cell-phone users make use of the Web-browsing feature on their phones, according to M:Metrics. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
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- New law makes pretexting a federal crime
President George W. Bush signed the Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006 into law, which means anyone found guilty of pretexting could serve up to 10 years in prison. Law enforcement will be exempt from the law. CNET
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