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Al Jazeera Has Bought Its Way Into Viewers’ Homes With A Deal For Al Gore’s Current TV (CONFIRMED)

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER Over the past few years, Al Jazeera has gained prominence and new audiences in the U.S. and around the world. Thanks to its coverage of the Arab Spring, Al Jazeera became a powerful new outlet for news from the Middle East and other parts of the world. Even so, it had yet to reach cable audiences due to a reluctance on the part of big cable distributors to carry…

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Charter lands deal for Disney’s full streaming, TV services in the first half of 2013 HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Charter viewers won’t have any shortage of TV choices this year — at least, as long as they like Disney-owned channels. The House of Mouse has signed a deal with Charter to bring its full deck of channels and services to the cable provider in the first half of 2013. The mix includes all national ABC, Disney and ESPN channels as well as their on-demand and authenticated streaming equivalents, such as WatchESPN.…

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GigaOM: Intel Media TV service won’t launch at CES, but it is coming soon HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Zach Honig We’ve seen several reports over the last week about Intel’s set-top box efforts, and animpending CES launch. According to GigaOM, some of those rumors simply aren’t true. The site has confirmed with several sources at Intel that a set-top box (and a whole lot more) is in the works, but a CES announcement has not been planned. Instead, Media, the mysterious Intel division, which is run like a startup with staffers hired…

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WatchESPN sports streaming reaches Amazon Kindle Fire tablets HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Although WatchESPN viewing has been an option for Android viewers since 2011, those with Amazon tablets haven’t had the same luxury — they’ve sometimes had to watch on an old-fashioned TV. Thankfully, ESPN is giving them a better start to the new year by bringing its app to the Amazon Appstore. Anyone with a regular Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD or Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now has access to live games and news as long as they have…

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Some Xbox Live users unable to sign in, access Xbox website or use Marketplace (update)

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As reported on Polygon. By SAMIT SARKAR Some Xbox Live users are currently experiencing a variety of issues with the service, including an inability to sign in or access the Xbox website, and Microsoft is working on the problem. According to the Xbox Live status page, which a few of us are currently unable to load, some users are having trouble buying content on Xbox Live Marketplace, adding Microsoft Points to their accounts and viewing their…

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These are the most pirated movies of 2012

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As reported on The Verge. By Ben Kersey TorrentFreak has once again compiled a list of the most pirated movies of the year. It shouldn’t come as any surprise to see blockbusters such as The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises make the list, but some may not recognize the front runner. Project X beat out Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol as the most pirated film of 2012, reaching an estimated download count of 8.72 million despite the poor critical receptionand lackluster box office performance. There are also some…

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The 25 best reads on the web this year

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As reported on TechCrunch. By Thomas Houston  2012’s essential writing on tech, art, science, and culture Each week here at The Verge, we round up some of the best writing around the web, highlighting the stories, profiles, interviews, and ind-depth reporting that rise above the daily churn. And, like last year, we’re taking a look back at the entire year’s best non-fiction writing on technology, art, science, and culture. We’ve narrowed it down (ha!) to 25 essential reads from Gawker, London…

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Looks Like PBS Made A ‘Silicon Valley’ TV Show That Could Really Be Worth Watching

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As reported on TechCrunch. by COLLEEN TAYLOR Those who dreaded the ‘Silicon Valley’ reality TV series that aired this past year on Bravo did not have much to worry about after all. The show received mostly negative reviews and had alackluster performance in the ratings department, and it doesn’t seem likely to return — at least not to chronicle the tech scene here in California. But today we got word of a new TV show also dubbed ‘Silicon Valley’ that seems like it should be…

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Smart TV owners stream video, but shun other apps

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As reported on The Verge. By Kimber Streams It’s no secret that smart TVs aren’t the internet-connected living room computers that they’ve been made out to be — earlier this year, an NPD study revealed that less than half of smart TV owners even have them hooked up to the internet. A new study from the NPD shows that little has changed, and connected TV owners still aren’t using the devices to their full potential. Of those who have connected their sets…

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The Biggest Box-Office Bombs Of 2012

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Kirsten Acuna Sony Pictures / Columbia Kate Beckinsale’s “Total Recall” remake didn’t totally take off this summer at theaters. While “The Avengers” and “The Dark Knight Rises” both saw more than $1 billion at the box office worldwide this year, there were many films which came up short at theaters.  From Kate Beckinsale and Jennifer Aniston to Judd Apatow to Disney’s Andrew Stanton, big name actors and producers were not…

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