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In the January 5, 2012 Issue:

Film-On offers ATSC streams on mobile devices
Comcast Cable, Walt Disney Company in far-reaching distribution deal
Versus now called NBC Sports Network
NTP Technology Penta 725 IP audio router to make UK debut at BVE 2012

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 Top Story
Film-On offers ATSC streams on mobile devices

U.S. networks are fighting the service, claiming that Film-On does not have the right to stream copyrighted video content over the Internet.

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 News
Comcast Cable, Walt Disney Company in far-reaching distribution deal

In total, 70 services are included under the new agreement.

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Internet program distribution is changing TV syndication

Even shows with modest ratings are now candidates for syndication over Internet television services like Hulu, Netflix and Amazon.

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 FCC & Industry Update
Versus now called NBC Sports Network

While ESPN reaches about 100 million households, the rebranded NBC Sports Network has about 76 million subscribers, so Comcast has its work cut out for it.

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 New Products & Reviews
NTP Technology Penta 725 IP audio router to make UK debut at BVE 2012

Penta 725 IP systems can be combined to handle a total of 512 channels on a 1Gb/s network.

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Cel-Soft introduces multimode broadcast signal analyzer

Designed to run on a standard desktop PC or workstation, Reel-Check Solo-QC enables a complete set of quality-control tests to be performed on live or file-based video and audio.

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Civolution to demo real-time content triggering service at CES

Civolution's newest offering for second-screen and smart TV application providers, as well as social TV platforms, is a server-side content triggering service that provides real-time recognition of broadcast content such as advertisements, movies, TV series, music and more.

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Greg Herman, president and CEO of LPTV operator WatchTV and head of Spectrum Evolution, says low-power television broadcasters are only secondary to new full-power stations and Class A stations. Click here.

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