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CNN Solicits YouTube Users

Debate Participants Will Get Questions Submitted Via the Video-Sharing Site

Online Captioning: The Right Thing to Do

In 1971, Julia Child’s great cooking show “The French Chef” became the first TV program accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing people through closed captioning. Today, more than 35 years later, closed captioning isn’t available to those who need it to…

CNN Solicits Debate Questions on YouTube

User-generated video questions submitted via YouTube will be put to candidates participating in the Democratic and Republican forums being telecast on CNN Monday, July 23, and Monday, Sept. 17, respectively. Both will be moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper Starting today,…

Comcast Enters Second Life

Comcast has gone virtual. The nation’s largest cable operator has opened “Comcastic Island,” a new destination within Second Life, the online virtual world. “Comcastic Island” is a theme park with attractions designed to highlight the speed of Comcast’s Internet access…

This Week in HD: June 14-20

HD programming picks for June 14-20: “Ice Age: The Meltdown,” “Superman Returns,” “Entourage” “Ice Age: The Meltdown” (HBO HD). Saturday, June 16, 8 p.m.: Ice-age critters must deal with the effects of global warming in this animated sequel. Ray Romano,…

HBO Commits All 26 Feeds to HD

Move May Fuel Cable-Sat Battle

YouTube, Time Warner, Disney Join in Copyright Protection Test

YouTube will begin testing a homegrown video protection technology with Time Warner and the Walt Disney Co. in about a month, according to published reports today. The technology will scan video for copyrighted materials and then notify content owners, who…