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Read: "On Parliament Hill, an attack on Canada itself" by Cory Doctorow
The significant thing about Canada is not the real-estate. Other countries have beautiful mountains, crystal-clear lakes, rocky shores, soaring trees, sere tundra and endless, bounteous fields of staple-crops (along with enticingly sinister subterranean stores of hydrocarbons). What distinguishes Canada from any other country -- the reason so many of us immigrants came here, rather than somewhere else -- are the values that Canada espouses, not the place where it is sited.
On Parliament Hill, an attack on Canada itself
"2015 may be remembered as the year everything changed in the TV business."
Wheeler wants the category of "multichannel video programming distributor" to become "technology-neutral," which would allow the Internet to be used as a method of transmission, alongside cable and satellite, for television providers seeking access to programming. "The definition of an MVPD should turn on the services that a provider offers, not on how those services reach viewers," Wheeler wrote. "21st century consumer shouldn't be shackled to rules that only recognize 20th century technology."
FCC Warns Cable Industry: The TV Biz Is About to Change Forever
"The search giant also is serving ads based on piracy-related search terms."
In addition, Google said it recently enhanced "autocomplete" and "related search" functions to prevent terms "closely associated with piracy" from appearing in those results, and that it has introduced new advertising products to further promote authorized sources of content in search results.
"While relatively few users search in this way compared to root queries like 'expendables,' we are happy that these new ad formats are driving traffic to legitimate sources of media," Google said.
Google thwarts piracy with search algorithm changes
New advertising products...
"There is a small, but significant, group of people who worry that support for the current codecs may go away in the future."
I have more concerns for the long term with an open source project. History shows that many projects start strong, but ultimately it comes down to a small group of people (or one in MOX’s case) doing all the work, and inevitably life’s circumstances intervene.
MOX: Do we need an open source codec?
"If the battle over strong net neutrality rules comes down to who has more clout and influence, especially with consumers, the networks are in a stronger position."
The degree to which networks support net neutrality depends entirely on how much they want to disintermediate TV providers, which in turn depends on how successful their online efforts become. If they do well, they won’t think twice about their old partners.
CBS goes online: net neutrality to get a major boost
"This new subscription service will deliver the most of CBS to our biggest fans"
CBS is a broadcast network, meaning anyone in the U.S. with an antenna can pick up the station's live signal for free. Subscribers to CBS All Access, however, will be able to stream on their Mac, iOS or other device with no need for a television set or antenna.
CBS All Access offers on-demand & live streaming content for $5.99 per month
"They were basically saying, 'Let's appeal to the masses"
But the executives who had championed A Cook's Tour eventually left, and Bourdain says the network started pushing for episodes on middle-of-the-road American fare, like barbecue.
Bourdain now has a term for such corporate meddling: being asked to "eat a shit sandwich." It's one of the few meals he flat-out refuses to consume. "Given a choice between eating the sandwich and not having a television career, I would happily not have a television career," he says. "Most people eat the sandwich." He quit, taking the show to Travel Channel.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN HAS BECOME THE FUTURE OF CABLE NEWS, AND HE COULDN'T CARE LESS
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