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Anywhere, anytime, anyhow
Michael Berk  |  Apr 13, 2011  | 

An interesting argument about the future of the music market is brewing over a newly released Nielsen study of online music li

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Sidney Harman 1918–2011
SV Staff  |  Apr 13, 2011  | 
Most recently, he was known as the executive chairman of the merger between Newsweek magazine (which he bought last year) and The Daily Beast. But the readers of Sound+Vision — and before that, Stereo Review, Hi/Fi Stereo Review, Hi/Fi...
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DirecTV Folk Get HBO GO and MAX GO
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 13, 2011  | 
DirecTV subscribers who buy premium channels are in for a pair of new treats. They've gotten HBO Go and MAX GO, allowing instant access to a broad array of HBO shows and Cinemax movies.

On the HBO GO side, that means every episode of every season of selected shows. The service will launch with 1400+ titles from old favorites like The Sopranos to the new Game of Thrones. A Season Pass offers alerts to favorite programs.

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Turning the page on the Flip video camera
Michael Berk  |  Apr 12, 2011  | 

Steve Jobs can go ahead and add another notch to his belt. The Flip camera is the latest casualty of the smartphone's charm offensive and ever-expanding role in our lives; it now joins Microsoft's Zune in the dustbin of history.

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U2360°, wherever you are
Michael Berk  |  Apr 12, 2011  | 

U2 will be webcasting the third and final show of the Sao Paulo stop of their U2360° tour; things get started at 9:30 EST. If you're in South America you can tune in gratis (check here for details and a list of URLs) to check out the action from Morumbi Stadium.

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"Burlesque" vs. the "Burly Q"
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 12, 2011  | 

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CALM Tech Surfaces
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 12, 2011  | 
The CALM Act was a great idea: Tame blaring TV ads by mandating technology that would keep them at approximately the same level as programming. Then the idea became legislation. Now the legislation has become technology. And before long, the technology will become products.

At this week's National Association of Broadcasters meeting in Las Vegas, the technologies are surfacing at an exhibit called CALM Place. They include audio mixing, loudness monitoring, loudness control, loudness processing, program optimizing, and more. Eventually this stuff will find its way into program production and broadcast equipment.

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International Louie Louie Day
Michael Berk  |  Apr 11, 2011  | 

Don't forget: April 11-today-is International Louie Louie Day.

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JBL goes On Air with AirPlay
Michael Berk  |  Apr 11, 2011  | 

 

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TWC and Viacom Tussle Over iPad App
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 11, 2011  | 
Time Warner Cable and Viacom are in court over TWC's recently announced iPad app. Viacom, owner of CBS and other TV networks, says the cable operator has violated their licensing agreements. TWC sued back, asking the federal court to declare the iPad app legal once and for all.

Viacom isn't the only content power to oppose the TWC app. News Corp., Scripps Networks, and Discovery Communications have also objected. But Viacom has the sharpest teeth, demanding millions in damages.

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Cablevision App Uses Own Network
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 08, 2011  | 
Cablevision has followed Time Warner Cable's introduction of a live cable TV app with one of its own. But unlike the TWC app, which has some program producers crying foul over unauthorized internet distribution, Cablevision's app uses the company's own Advanced Digital Cable network.

Therefore, Cablevision says, it has the right to distribute programming to iPads "under existing distribution agreements." As a plus, iPad-loving Cablevision TV subscribers needn't get internet service just to use the app. It "allows the iPad to function as a television," says CEO Tom Rutledge.

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Samsung Offers $50 Active 3D Glasses
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 07, 2011  | 
One of the biggest impediments to the adoption of 3D in the home is the cost of active-shutter glasses—typically around $150 a pop, making it prohibitively expensive to outfit an entire family, even after you account for the one or maybe two pairs included with some (but not all) 3D TVs. So when I read that Samsung will be offering active 3D glasses at less than $50 each, I sat up and took notice.
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For Japan
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 07, 2011  | 

Songs

Another major aftershock has hit Japan - which, again, hits home the fact that the country needs our help.

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Never mind the Grammys, here's the National Recording Registry
Michael Berk  |  Apr 07, 2011  | 

The National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress-created by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 to preserve sound recordings of particular significance-yesterday announced its

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Getting your smartphone into the vinyl groove
Michael Berk  |  Apr 07, 2011  | 

Chris Feickert (the Dr. Feickert behind turntable and turntable alignment tool) designer Dr. Feickert Analogue) has been working on Adjust+-an interesting hardware/software test suite for turntable adjustment-for a couple of years now.

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