With the film industry consumed by animated superheroes and the promise of 3-d fortunes, cable television has shed its ugly stepsister image to become the desired locale for movie stars and screenwriters alike.

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The phone can hook up to a 3-D TV with a cable to display media on the big screen.

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We started in 1998 and 1999, a couple years after we'd sold out of the cable business--running music festivals on the anniversary weekend of Woodstock with musicians who'd played at Woodstock and others who were more popular then.

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That solution involved sidelining Vince Cable - who'd been exposed as being biased against the Murdochs - and replacing him with Mr Hunt who, we now know, was up to that point at least, as biased in their favour.

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Covering his bets, he'd even like to sell chipsets to cable-box makers themselves.

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Hedging his bets, he'd like to sell chipsets to the cable-box makers themselves.

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If we had to guess, we'd say that HBO's oh-so-friendly cable partners aren't going to be inclined to let such a solid idea actually happen.

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