The data-transmission rate will also double (each channel now carries only 64 kilobits a second, which accounts for the jerky pictures that the system produces).

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Coach also performed well in the online market as well, where sales in that channel posted double-digit gains.

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Rolls was also a trained engineer who was a promising pilot, the first to complete a double crossing of the English Channel.

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Jon believes Channel 4 decided on the double eviction because the housemates were "too boring" for viewers and there are predictions a new contestant will be introduced.

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The week before ITV2's total share of multichannel viewing went up to 3.33%, more than double the same week last year, making the channel briefly more popular than Sky One.

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This time the signs are better: 12 million homes now receive digital programming, the total could double in three years, and the Web has arrived as a ready-made, interactive sales channel.

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Switching NESN to basic cable pushed its reach to 3.8 million homes across New England, more than double the number of subscribers who paid to watch Red Sox games when NESN was available only as a premium channel.

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