SATELLITE
As satellite companies and cable operators compete for customers, consumers
may be the ones benefiting. [New York Times]
New York Times

BROADCAST
Arab TV station, Al Arabiya denied U.S. allegations that it was linked to
insurgents and asked that the Americans back up their claims. [Dawn]
Dawn

LATV, a Los Angeles-based TV channel geared at young Latinos, has been
programming for four hours a day, but is now expanding to round-the-clock
programming. [Los Angeles Times]
Los Angeles Times

Univision chairman A. Jerold Perenchio is backing a new telenovela produced
in the U.S. in the hopes of bringing more ad dollars to Spanish-language
television. [Los Angeles Times]
Los Angeles Times

PROGRAMMING
It seems that the powers that be at many lifestyle series don't care about
finding true experts for their series. After all, what expertise do those "Queer
Eye" cuties really have? [Sydney Morning Herald]
Sydney Morning Herald

"The Simple Life," the show that stranded newly crowned porn princess Paris
Hilton and her gal pal Nicole Richie on a farm in Arkansas, has its Fox
premiere tomorrow night. [Yahoo! News]
Yahoo! News

DIGITAL TV
Japanese television networks launched digital terrestrial broadcasting in
three of the nation's largest cities, heralding the impending world changeover
from analog. [International Herald Tribune]
International Herald Tribune

Despite predictions that it would revolutionize the TV world, video-on-demand
has not quite taken the world by storm. [Los Angeles Times]
Los Angeles Times

TECHNOLOGY
A company called Optus is making it possible to watch free-to-air TV
broadcasts on consumers' mobile phones. [Sydney Morning Herald]
Sydney Morning Herald

Online spamming has become so common a marketing tool that consumers
shouldn't bat an eyelash. But they do. [New York Times]
New York Times

The stress of holiday shopping is pushing many consumers to sit out the
stores and shop till they drop online. [CNET News]
CNET News

Computer viruses and worms are more of a threat today than ever before and
it's become harder to stop this "malicious software." [International Herald
Tribune]
International Herald Tribune

American youths view televisions and landline telephones as being
old-fashioned, and are instead opting for cell phones and computers for their
communication needs. [Times of India]
Times of India

CORPORATE IN-FIGHTING
Roy Disney, nephew of visionary founder of the Mickey Mouse empire, Walt
Disney, announced he is stepping down from the Disney board and called for the
resignation of chief executive Michael Eisner. [International Herald Tribune]
International Herald Tribune

FILM
Tourists have been flocking to the picturesque New Zealand locale where the
Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed. [International Herald Tribune]
International Herald Tribune

NATPE INFO
When, in 2002, NATPE went through its darkest hour, only one Daily was left
to serve the industry:
VideoAge. At NATPE 2004, VideoAge will, once again, publish three Dailies
(and possibly going to be the only NATPE Daily) distributed to all NATPE
participants in their hotel rooms:
Jan. 17 — pre-market Daily (will include all suites number)
Jan. 20 — Day 1
Jan. 21 — Day 2
VideoAge Monthly will focus on Latin America (with a section in Spanish) and
Canada. VideoAge Daily and VideoAge Monthly has been serving NATPE since 1982.
We encourage all participating companies to use our publications as a
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