This includes distribution of current and library film and television product, formats and non-scripted programming in the pay, free, and basic cable television markets, as well as the domestic syndication of first-run syndicated TV programs, theatrical and TV movie packages.

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The owner of a copyrighted object (a book, for example) controls that new product before it is first distributed (to a consumer, bookstore, library, Amazon etc.).

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This represents the first time that a cable operator will make its entire video on demand (VOD) library available via a retail DVR and TiVo Premiere will become the first retail product to fully integrate a cable VOD service, along with linear television and broadband content accessible through TiVo's user interface and intuitive search capabilities.

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The Tolkein Library has a fascinating interview with Benjamin Harff, an art student who, for his final product, spent months making an illuminated version of J.

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Cindy Miller, director of product strategy at Endeavor Information Systems, said there are obvious differences between the new systems and the one the library currently uses.

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