Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Copyrights Keep TV Shows off DVD. WKRP in Cincinnati rocked America's TV screens when it was on the air, but it will probably never be released on DVD because of prohibitive music-licensing fees. It's not alone. 9:00:46 PM

Man Shot in Lobby of New York Radio Station "Hot 97".  "A man was shot in the leg Monday night in the lobby of a Manhattan radio station while rapper 50 Cent was making an appearance there, police said. It wasn't immediately known how badly the man was injured. 8:57:35 PM

Senator Wants Indecency Standards to Apply to Satellite Radio. FMQB.com reports: "Alaska Republican Senator Ted Stevens plans on pushing to have decency standards applicable to subscription radio [XM, SIRIUS] and television and is planning to address the matter through the legislative process." 8:57:13 PM

Color photos of WWI. The color photo was invented in 1903 by the Lumiere brothers, and the French army was the only one taking color photos during the course of the war. 1:01:15 AM

Should the FCC be Closed or Dismantled? 1:00:18 AM

Wireless Companies Turn Their Eyes To TV  There's a major push under way to bring more TV content and video to wireless devices. Asia's big consumer electronics firms, as well as Europe's Nokia and U.S.-based Qualcomm , have jumped into the fray. They're supporting a number of different standards for beaming digital TV to mobile devices. 12:56:12 AM

XM Satellite Radio Lifts Monthly Fee by 30 Pct  XM Satellite Radio on Monday said it would raise the monthly fee for its nationwide radio service by about 30 percent in April and would add some premium features to its basic plan, putting it on par with smaller rival Sirius Satellite Radio . 12:55:40 AM

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