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Cable networks are rebranding themselves, and pay-TV operators aren’t pleased.
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Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar challenged his protege, current Premier Mariano Rajoy, declaring his willingess to rejoin the political arena and calling for tax cuts.
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VMware Inc. is debuting a service that lets customers use the Web to access information and programs stored in its data centers, an effort to challenge Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in cloud computing.
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DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite TV provider, is interested in acquiring at least a stake in online-video site Hulu LLC, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.
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A former adviser to model Elle Macpherson dropped her phone-hacking claim against News Corp.’s U.K. unit because of a lack of evidence that her voice mail was accessed by the company, her lawyers said at a London hearing.
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Twitter Inc. has teamed with the National Basketball Association to stream video clips of game highlights as the blogging service expands beyond 140-character status updates ahead of a possible initial public offering.
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Time Warner Cable Inc., the second- largest U.S. cable-TV provider, is considering taking an equity stake in online-video site Hulu LLC, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
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Four members of the LulzSec “hacktivist” group were sentenced to a total of seven years in prison for disrupting websites at Sony Corp., News Corp. and the Central Intelligence Agency.
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TV viewers will be forgiven if they feel a sense of deja vu when new shows debut in September. With competition from cable and the Web growing, broadcasters are leaning more on past successes and big names to find fresh hits.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recalled Harrison Ford jumping out from behind a big potted plant. He wasn’t playing Han Solo or Indiana Jones, but rather a conservationist handing out a position paper on the oceans.
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