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VH1 is an American cable TV network based in NYC. Launched in 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting’s short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original goal of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but with an older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music. The channel was initially created [...]

  2012 is a year of increasing internet censorship, especially with the closings of many file-sharing sites and, the most famous, Megaupload. In Australia too, users are exposed to some kind of censorship: Australia does not allow content that would be classified “RC” (Refused Classification or banned) to be hosted within Australia and considers such [...]

ABC iview is a video on demand and Catch up TV service run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The service became available in 2008. The iview website is reachable mainly on platforms supported by Adobe Flash, however the iPad and internet connected TVs such as Sony and Samsung provide access through the use of native applications. Nevertheless the service is only for Australian residents. Indeed [...]

The HTC Sensation is a smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC that operates the Android 2.3 Gingerbread software stock. Initally announced by the company in April, 2011, the HTC Sensation was launched by Vodafone in Europe including the UK in May 2011 and by T-Mobile in the United States in June. It was the first official HTC phone to support the HTC Sense 3.0 user interface. As the other [...]

The Amazon App Store is the competitor of the foreign Android Market, now called Google Play, a mobile application store for the Android phones. This store has initially been launched with around 3,800 applications both free or paid. On September 2011, Amazon unveiled a new low-cost tablet, the Kindle Fire. This tablet, which is designed for media consumption in [...]

Every year, the internet censorship goes furthers, monitoring the internet access and blocking some sites. 2012 will be marked as a year of censorship with ACTA. However in Russia too, the internet access is restricted. Actually the country has been listed as “Selective in the political and social areas and as no evidence in conflict/security [...]

The name of the Olympic Opening Ceremony show will be ‘Isles of Wonder’ and the worldwide broadcast will commence at 9pm. The American broadcasting will be held on NBC, which launched a special service for the event: www.nbcolympics.com. The site allows the American viewers to watch live and on-demand videos from every sports played during [...]

These times with Sopa, Cispa and ACTA, the internet censorship is becoming increasingly constraining. As the country stands as an example for its freedom of speech, Mexican users still undergo the Geo-restriction. This kind of limitation is used by many content sites. As the licensing constraints, force these on-demand services to broadcast only in the countries where they purchased the [...]

These years with ACTA, the internet censorship is becoming increasingly constraining. Even in Brazil, legislations restrict the freedom of expression (Paim Law). The Brazilian Constitution also prohibits the  anonymity of journalists. Aside from this restriction, Brazilian people also undergo the geo-restriction. Actually, because of the licensing rights, some sites are obliged to limitate their contents to a specific nationality. [...]

FX (standing for Fox extended, suggesting “effects”) is the name of several related television channels owned by News Corporation’s Fox Entertainment Group. The FX logo is very close to the logo of the TV channel FOX only that it is black and doesn’t contain an O. The channel had several successful original shows as The [...]