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Jerrold Cable TV Boxes - The Retroist

www.retroist.com
2024-10-23T05:39:27.905Z
retro cable tv

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How a Simple Cable Box and an Innovative Company Shaped Our TV Experience and Revolutionized an Industry

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NextDraft: Adolescence in the Age of Pay-Per-Minute Porn

nextdraft.com
2013-09-18T14:25:53.000Z
retro tv cable to:fb porn imported:pinboard

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The four-finger method worked for seven days. And during that unforgettable week, my neighborhood shut down. Nerf footballs sat untouched on driveway blacktops, tumbleweed rolled across emptied bike paths, dust gathered on Intellivision gaming consoles, zero progress was made on bar mitzvah haftorah portions.

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“I finally cracked it” – Marco.org

www.marco.org
2011-11-02T20:26:30.000Z
apple tv appletv media entertainment cable cordcutting imported:pinboard

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If all they do is make a really nice TV set like everyone else’s, it’ll probably be as interesting as the Airport Extreme: a nice product in its category, but not exciting or scaring the crap out of anyone. But if they’ve managed to pull off something more interesting, I’d hate to be in the TV business when it’s released.

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Thanks to the Web, Homes Without Cable Will Triple by 2016

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2011-10-07T19:00:00.000Z
cable tv entertainment imported:pinboard

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Comcast testing pay-per-package, still afraid of a-la-carte

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2011-10-07T09:12:00.000Z
cable tv entertainment cordcutting imported:pinboard

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TiVo Elbows Into Living Rooms With Recording Patent (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

www.bloomberg.com
2009-06-24T00:28:55.000Z
tivo tv entertainment dvr cable technology imported:pinboard

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Good for them, I <3 my TiVo. They've been getting screwed, and cable companies obviously want them sunk. "TiVo Inc., armed with a federal court ruling backing the company’s digital-recording patent, plans to elbow its way onto every U.S. pay-television system to attract millions of new subscribers. "

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TiVo drops word of updated TiVo with full two-way functionality - Engadget

www.engadget.com
2007-11-29T23:52:31.000Z
tivo tv cable entertainment opencable imported:pinboard

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"it'd give you access to cable video-on-demand, and other two-way services that have been previously off-limits to TiVo users"

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Brad Choate: Pulling the cable plug

bradchoate.com
2006-07-25T07:34:02.000Z
cable television tv entertainment bittorrent netflix imported:pinboard

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"today we’re without cable again, but not because we can’t afford it."

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Unbundling US channels will change the face of TV | The Register

www.theregister.co.uk
2006-05-25T15:49:46.000Z
tv entertainment cable imported:pinboard

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"US Presidential hopeful John McCain is pushing the idea of la carte pricing to the US Senate."

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