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  <updated>2006-03-23 19:40:31</updated>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA["South Park" return of Chef scores big ratings 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54774"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54774</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 19:35:46</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[     Reuters  - The satiric  cable  TV cartoon &quot;South 
Park&quot;  drew  hefty ratings with the launch of its 10th season, 
cashing in on a recent clash with the Church of Scientology and 
the departure of one of the show&#039;s few adult heroes.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Canada urged to dump media ownership rules 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54437"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54437</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 09:14:10</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - A blue-ribbon panel has 
urged the  Canadian  government to scrap foreign-ownership 
restrictions on  cable  and  phone  giants.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Liberty Global to Sell UPC France SA 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54401"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54401</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 08:13:44</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Liberty Global Inc. on Thursday  said  it agreed to sell its  French   cable  business, UPC  France  SA, for  about  1.25 billion euros ($1.51 billion) in  cash  to two private  equity  firms.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Herbie Hancock docu to blast theaters, DVD, cable 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54353"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54353</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 06:57:44</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - In the wake of the 
near-simultaneous release of  Steven  Soderbergh's "Bubble" in 
theaters, on DVD and on  cable , indie distributor  Magnolia  
Pictures is ready to do it again, this time with a Herbie 
 Hancock  music documentary.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Liberty Global to sell UPC France for $1.5 billion 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54345"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54345</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 06:27:17</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters -  Cable  operator Liberty Global  
 said  on Thursday it would sell its  French  operations for 1.25 
billion euros, or  about  $1.51 billion,  cash  to private  equity  
firms Altice and Cinven.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[CBS Inks Deal to Appear in Supermarkets 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54110"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54110</id>
    <updated>2006-03-22 19:20:11</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - As TV viewing habits evolve, networks are constantly trying new  ways  to reach viewers, through the Internet, video iPods, and on-demand services from  cable  providers. Next up: the produce aisle.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA["High School" tops the class on album chart 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?53955"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?53955</id>
    <updated>2006-03-22 15:02:17</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - After  nine  consecutive  weeks  of 
 sales  increases, the soundtrack to the  Disney   cable  TV movie 
"High School Musical" returned to the top of the U.S.  pop  album 
chart Wednesday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Chairman of Rogers Communications Resigns 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?53043"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?53043</id>
    <updated>2006-03-21 11:30:49</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP -  Rogers  Communications Inc., Canada's largest provider of  cable  TV and wireless communications services,  said  Tuesday that  Garfield   Emerson  is resigning as its chairman and as a longtime member of its board.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Advertisers missing boat on baby boomers' bucks 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?52885"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?52885</id>
    <updated>2006-03-21 07:13:05</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Speaking at a breakfast sponsored by oldies  cable   channel  
TV Land,  Ken  Dychtwald  said  Americans  aged  40 to 59 are the 
fastest-growing segment of the population. They also spend more 
 than  any other demographic on  cars , vacations, airline  fares , 
movie and theater tickets, computer  hardware  and software, and 
even DVD players and cell  phone  service.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[South Korean Stem-Cell Scientist Fired 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?52664"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?52664</id>
    <updated>2006-03-20 20:36:00</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - The scientist who stunned the medical world with claims he created the first cloned human embryos and extracted  stem  cells from them &amp;#151; research  later  found to have been faked &amp;#151;  was  fired Monday by South Korea&#039;s most prestigious university.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[School Fires Scientist for Stem Cell Fraud 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?52130"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?52130</id>
    <updated>2006-03-20 04:26:51</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - Disgraced cloning scientist  Hwang  Woo-suk  was  fired Monday as professor of  Seoul  National University over his  stem  cell fraud, news reports  said .  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Ben Stein: Troops Were Snubbed at Oscars 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?51480"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?51480</id>
    <updated>2006-03-18 15:49:04</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP -  Ben Stein  says the people who were snubbed on  Oscar  night  weren &#039;t the  stars  who were passed over for Academy Awards, but American troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Usen President to Buy Stake in Livedoor 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?49811"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?49811</id>
    <updated>2006-03-16 04:42:48</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - Japanese  cable  broadcaster  Usen   Corp .  said  Thursday its president will personally buy  Fuji  TV&#039;s stake in disgraced Internet  portal  Livedoor Co.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Hollywood actors seek strike OK in cable rift 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?49793"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?49793</id>
    <updated>2006-03-16 03:57:22</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - The Screen Actors  Guild  
 said  Wednesday it will seek strike authorization from its 
members for the basic  cable , live-action contract that expired 
last month without a  new deal .]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[US cable launches new attack on per-channel option 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?49554"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?49554</id>
    <updated>2006-03-15 19:21:37</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - The U.S.  cable  industry on Wednesday 
launched a fresh attack against efforts by U.S. regulators who 
are pressing them to sell channels individually, or a  la carte , 
refuting a study that  said   consumers  could save money that way.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Comcast Said in Talks on E! Networks 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?48199"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?48199</id>
    <updated>2006-03-14 00:26:17</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP -  Comcast   Corp ., the nation's largest  cable  operator, is in talks with The  Walt Disney  Co. to buy the remaining 40 percent of E! Networks it doesn't already own, according to a person familiar with the companies' plans.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Comcast in talks to buy Disney stake in E!: source 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?48121"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?48121</id>
    <updated>2006-03-13 21:09:18</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters -  Comcast   Corp . is in talks 
to buy  Walt Disney  Co's  stake in E! Entertainment 
 Television , giving it complete ownership of the  cable  network 
it manages, a source familiar with the matter  said  on Monday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Isaac Hayes Quits 'South Park' 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?48081"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?48081</id>
    <updated>2006-03-13 19:56:21</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP -  Isaac Hayes  has quit &quot; South Park ,&quot; where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Soul singer Isaac Hayes quits "South Park" 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?48055"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?48055</id>
    <updated>2006-03-13 19:23:09</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[     Reuters  -  Veteran  soul singer  Isaac Hayes , 
voice of the libidinous character &quot;Chef&quot; on the satiric  cable  
TV cartoon &quot; South Park ,&quot;  said  on Monday he  was  quitting the 
show, citing its &quot;inappropriate ridicule&quot; of religion.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA['Sopranos,' 'Housewives' Battle for Sunday 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?47977"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?47977</id>
    <updated>2006-03-13 17:22:00</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - One show ended with a  bang  and the other &amp;#151; not the one you&#039;d expect &amp;#151; featured a knife fight before the opening credits finished  rolling . It  was  the first television  duel  between &quot;The Sopranos&quot; and &quot;Desperate Housewives.&quot;  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Soul singer Isaac Hayes quits "South Park" 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?47970"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?47970</id>
    <updated>2006-03-13 17:06:58</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Soul music  veteran   Isaac Hayes , the 
voice of the libidinous character Chef on the satiric  cable  TV 
cartoon " South Park ,"  said  on Monday he  was  leaving the show, 
citing its "inappropriate ridicule" of religion.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Isaac Hayes Quits 'South Park,' 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?47943"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?47943</id>
    <updated>2006-03-13 16:36:39</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP -  Isaac Hayes  has quit " South Park ," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Polygamist juggles 3 wives on "Big Love" 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?47236"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?47236</id>
    <updated>2006-03-12 14:52:55</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters -  Mob   boss   Tony   Soprano  may be the 
toughest  dad  on television today, but the latest patriarch on 
 prime  time, Viagra-popping polygamist Bill  Hendrickson  on new 
 cable  TV  drama  "Big Love," is clearly busier.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA['Six Feet Under' Resurrected on Bravo]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?46756"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?46756</id>
    <updated>2006-03-11 12:13:46</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer
  New York , NY (AHN) - There's good news for fans of HBO's "Six Feet Under" - the show is getting an afterlife elsewhere on  cable . Bravo  has picked up rerun rights to the Emmy-winning series and will begin airing it  later  this year. The network's deal allows it...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[The end is near for Tony Soprano and company 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?46389"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?46389</id>
    <updated>2006-03-10 19:24:46</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[     Reuters  - The end is finally near for 
 America &#039;s  favorite   mob  family, and  Las Vegas  is cheerfully 
setting  odds  on who gets to sleep with the fishes.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
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