Verizon also declined to give up its ability to sell content like music and videos through its proprietary service, these people said.

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Musicians do well on our list because fans can watch their videos and listen to their music through their fan sites.

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You can play media through the Google Play media apps (music and videos) and push YouTube videos to the Q.

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The new PS3's storage size has increased from 80GB to 120GB, and with the extra capacity users will be able to store more games, music, photos, videos as well as various content and services available through PlayStation Network.

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Most promising: an online "CW Lab" that will let fans tie together short clips from their favorites shows along with music, logos and personal videos, and then blast them off to friends through IM and e-mail.

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