There were no personal computers, and no Internet, no satellite radio, no Cable TV, no news, gossip, fashion, or design blogs, no social media, and alas, no Forbeswoman.
In a note to MacRumors The CW confirmed it will mirror the experience on other platforms, with episodes available the day after they air, no cable TV authentication required and supported by advertisements.
No, cable TV is not exactly the same thing as broadband Internet.
No existing cable operator or TV player or ADSL -- there's nothing, there's just mobile.
Google, the Internet search giant that wants to wire Kansas City like no other place, is reportedly pondering a jump into the cable TV business.
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The court declared that Federal Communications Commission cross-ownership rules that had prevented one company from owning TV stations and cable franchises in the same market no longer served the public interest.
That should be enough to keep him busy, but he says his new focus is CTH, a private cable-TV operator he bought with the Vacharaphol family (No. 14), owners of the Thai Rath newspaper, for an undisclosed sum.
But consider: No major cable operator has signed a long-term contract for Gemstar's TV GuideInteractive the company's main growth engine since it was launched last year.
Desperate record labels might have been willing to sell themselves over to Apple, but TV executives and cable companies are strong enough that they have no need to cede power to Cupertino.
Among other things, he promised his new entity would employ a national pricing plan in order to allay the fears of consumer advocates that rural customers who cannot get cable TV would still pay competitive rates, even though they would no longer have two satellite providers to choose from.
No, Carlin's joke dealt with curse words, which are actually now heard nightly on cable TV.
Meanwhile, TV Everywhere, the feature that lets cable subscribers watch hundreds of channels on any device, at no extra charge, is a deeply cynical ploy to please customers.
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Time Warner Cable, the U.S.' second-largest operator, says it has no plans to switch to TV Guide Interactive from the Scientific-Atlanta and Pioneer guides it now uses even though its parent AOL is in the middle of a long-term license agreement with Gemstar.
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