In-car DVDs are one thing--how about 185 channels, plus local programming, in your vehicle?
The Tribune Co. is taking a different tack, deemphasizing local programming, stepping up network programming.
When TVB began broadcasting in Hong Kong in 1967, it carried virtually no local programming.
Barry Diller extols the virtues of local programming (FORBES, Mar. 10, 1997), and so does Dallas' A.H.
The more local programming that a satellite operator offers to broaden its appeal, the higher are its costs.
As the business develops, local programming seems to take over the valuable slots and imported stuff gets relegated.
So Tribune had to ditch local programming to go for a broader audience.
"The race for viewers became a race for local programming, " says James, who has worked for TVB and STAR TV.
In the Caribbean, the widespread media expansion and the local market situation have led to an alarming crisis in local programming.
There will also be an additional hour of local programming at peak time featuring local events, arts, music, restaurants and different cultures.
Local programming remains extremely popular, and in languages which local people use.
"We are not going to be able to make Downton Abbey or the X Factor, but we will produce good quality local programming, " she says.
Overhauled media group, adding local programming to stable of overseas programs.
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Go on, Bay Area, bust out the party hats -- CBS 5 is now bringing you 30 hours per week of local HD programming.
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With the addition of the 27.5 hours of HD Eyewitness News per week, CBS 5 now originates 30 hours of local HD programming per week.
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While it's not 100 percent clear what exactly is available at any given time, PBS' announcement says "hundreds of videos" can be accessed, which are pulled from the archives, from national and local daily programming, and include biggies like NOVA, Frontline, and American Experience (it stands to reason that heavy hitter Downtown Abbey won't be available, given its exclusive license with Amazon starting next month).
No longer will consumers need the local broadcaster for programming.
In Mr Hunt's Local TV plans he claimed there was a "real demand" for programming more local than that offered by the BBC or commercial stations and the new framework "significantly reduces the cost of running local TV services".
Those stations relay Fox programming such as "Glee" and "Family Guy" for free over the airwaves in local markets and add their own local news and other programming.
Simultaneous promotions of upcoming news stories, local specials and national programming on both the main and second screens.
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Partnerships with a growing list of providers from around the world, including local broadcasters and subscription programming services, allow LG to keep its content offerings relevant and fresh.
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No extra cost for the programming, which is available to all with Total Choice programming including local channels, but it might also be a good time to upgrade to the new HR20 DVR.
In addition to the 30 local hours of HD programming, most of the CBS primetime schedule along with "The Young and the Restless" in daytime and "Late Show with David Letterman" at night are broadcast in full 1080i HD.
ENGADGET: San Francisco's CBS affiliate (KPIX) flips newscasts to HD
The lawsuit, which challenges only the cap for school districts, argues it takes away districts' ability to make up for reductions and disparities in state aid at the local level and endangers programming and staffing, even when a majority of a districts' voters are willing to pay more to save them.
And, because people like their own culture, programming that reflects local culture tends to thrive.
Also in December 17, 2007 Iran's official news agency IRNA reported a visit to Managua by Ezzatollah Zarghami, president of Iranian state radio and television, who pledged to make programming available for local broadcast.
He started his career running radio stations (his college roommate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was Rick Dees), and by the early 1990s he was running programming at nine local affiliate TV stations for newspaper outfit E.
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The Dyle application enables live broadcast programming - such as local and national news, as well as sports and entertainment content, utilizing the ATSC-Mobile DTV standard.
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"The launch of national HD channels capture the headlines, but the ability to watch local news, weather and primetime programming in HD or SD, remains an important part of our customers' daily viewing, " said Derek Chang, executive vice president, Content Strategy and Development for DIRECTV.
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