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Compiler - Wired Blogs - 0 views

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  • NBC Universal Drops ITunes Downloads After Apple Refuses To Raise Prices
  • NBC Universal has decided not to renew its contract with Apple. Come December, popular NBC shows like Battlestar Galactica and The Office will no longer be available via the iTunes Store. NBC is currently the number one supplier of digital videos to the iTunes Store, accounting for more than 40 percent of downloads.
    • sirgabrial
      sirgabrial on 02 Sep 07
       
      *do you think this might cause other companies to do the same?
  • The NBC announcement follows an earlier decision by Universal music to also shun the iTunes Store when it made the move to DRM-free music sales. According to The New York Times, NBC is unhappy with the iTunes price structure and wants to offer bundled deals and increase prices, i.e. buy a movie you want and get a free TV show you don’t care about. For some reason, NBC believes bundles are what consumers really want.
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  • Universal and Apple still have 90 days to work out their differences, but with the upcoming release of Hulu, NBC Universal's own stab at online television (in partnership with Fox) it seems unlikely that NBC will change its mind.
  • Apple has come out swinging with a press release that says the deal between the companies fell through after “Apple declined to pay more than double the wholesale price for each NBC TV episode, which would have resulted in the retail price to consumers increasing to $4.99 per episode from the current $1.99.
  • ABC, CBS, FOX and and some 50 cable networks will continue to offer downloads through iTunes at $1.99 per episode.
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The Weather Channel Adopts Sustainable Practices (TreeHugger) - 0 views

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  • This studio is expected to earn the LEED certification with on-air production by April 2008
  • n addition, the network has a few other environmental plans, such as sorting more than half (why not all?) of all disposables and taking them to recycling centers, replacing Styrofoam cups in break rooms and switching to CFL’s.
  • CFL’s
    • sirgabrial
      sirgabrial on 02 Sep 07
       
      *compact fluorcent lamps *use less energy *lasts longer *initial cost is more but over the lifetime of the bulb you save money
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  • Weather Channel Executive Vice President and General Manager Wonya Lucas said, "Green is really the new black. We look at the world through the lens of weather, and now we're also looking at it through a lens of green."
  • CFL’s
    • sirgabrial
      sirgabrial on 02 Sep 07
       
      *stand for "Compact fluoresent lamp" *uses less energy *lasts longer *initial purchase price of a CFL is higher than an incandescent lamp of the same output
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Schwarzenegger pushes universal health care for California - 0 views

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  • Schwarzenegger pushes universal health care for California
  • Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday spoke in favor of his plan to provide universal health care for all state residents, where he said some 6.7 million people live with no type of health insurance.
  • "Our health care system is broken, and the people expect us to fix it, and this is exactly what I'm trying to do," said Schwarzenegger
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  • In the United States health care needs are covered by employers, and those without jobs must pay a steep price to keep their health coverage or rely on the slow service at the emergency rooms of public hospitals.
  • Schwarzenegger is proposing a system that would be financed by employers, hospitals and the government.
  • Every business with more than 10 employees will be ordered to provide health care for their workers, or pay into the state health care system.
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