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Could Satellite TV Get Creamed by Cable? (Wired/Epicenter)
Satellite television used to be a richly profitable business. Now satellite broadcasters face competition from all corners, growth has slowed, and the technology looks dated. Case in point: At a time when pay-TV services are supposed to grow, Dish Network, operator of Echostar,actually lost 25,000 subscribers last quarter. Why?

Intel, Yahoo Unveil Partnership to Redesign HDTVs (PC)
On Wednesday, Intel and Yahoo announced a sweeping initiative to bring a widget-based platform to embed applications -- and ads -- directly on your HDTV. Several major CE manufacturers expressed support. The two also announced the combination of the Intel Media Processor CE3100 ("formerly known as "Canmore") with the Yahoo open widget-based platform for TV.

Obama Rips Fox News (Politico)
Sen. Barack Obama personally went on the attack Wednesday on a best-selling new book that falsely describes him as a closet Muslim. Talking about The Obama Nation, Obama said author Jerome Corsi was just making "stuff up." "But it gets a lot of play on Fox News," he said to loud boos.

Summer of Cable Love (The Hollywood Reporter)
It's been another good summer for cable. Summer 2008 may not have generated as many ratings headlines for cable as last year, when Disney Channel's High School Musical 2 blew away viewership records and there was a higher number of original scripted series bows. But the ad-supported cable networks still are hitting record viewership deliveries this summer.

Rwandan Minister Threatens to Cut Off BBC, VOA (RNW/Media Network)
The Rwandan Minister of Information has accused the BBC and Voice of America of "destroying the unity of the Rwandans" through their programmes in the national languages that are available on FM in the capital Kigali. Louise Mushikiwabo warned that the Rwandan government has "the capacity and the right" to suspend the broadcasting of these transmissions on its territory.

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