– KiT pulls plug on pioneering IPTV service: In UK, Kingston Interactive Television, the ground-breaking broadband video service operated by Kingston Communications in the city of Hull, England, is set to close.
– Googling National Archives Movies: A pilot program with the U.S. National Archives to make historic movies and documentaries available online for free.
– ESPN360 Gets Exclusive College B-Ball: Villanova University will match up against St. John’s University on Wednesday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. ET exclusively on ESPN’s customized broadband service ESPN360. Coverage will not be available anywhere else on TV or online.
– Company claims patent win in online rich media: Balthaser said that USPTO has granted it a patent for the design and creation of rich-media services over the Internet.
– Verizon Goes to Disneyland for Content: Verizon has added a full lineup of Disney and ESPN content to its FiOS consumer broadband-Internet and FiOS TV services delivered over fiber-optic connections, as well its Verizon Online service for DSL customers.
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