WASHINGTON, Oct 13, 2008 (AFP) - A free nationwide wireless Internet network has moved one step closer to becoming a reality in the United States following a key finding by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

CANNES, France, Oct 13, 2008 (AFP) - Nominations for television's international Emmy awards are growing increasingly global with TV newcomers Russia and China on Monday joining the ranks of the audiovisual heavyweights.

CANNES, France, Oct 12, 2008 (AFP) - A golden age for television beckons as established TV companies go head on with the Internet and other new digital media platforms to woo audiences worldwide.

And with a fast growing variety of new forms of audiovisual entertainment being rolled out for audiences of all ages, viewers are firmly in the driving seat.

Even the giants of technology did not emerge unscathed from the bloodbath this week on Wall Street.

YouTube said Friday it is adding full-length television shows to the
menu at its globally popular website famous for snack-sized video
snippets.

WASHINGTON, Oct 11, 2008 (AFP) - The National Football League got a boost in its feud with Comcast when the Federal Communications Commission ruled the cable giant should carry the league's network as part of a popoular package of channels.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - TiVo Inc. confirmed on Friday that it has received 104.6 million dollars from EchoStar Communications Corp. as court-ordered payment stemming from a patent abuse lawsuit.

WASHINGTON, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Internet giant Yahoo! on Wednesday rolled out an updated version of its Web-based calendar, in its latest bid to stay ahead of rival Google.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - YouTube on Tuesday added links to online stores in a move crafted to pump more money from the hot video-sharing website Google bought nearly two years ago in a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal.

'They spent a ton of money on this thing and it is natural they want to make a return,' analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley told AFP.

A Japanese professor announced Tuesday he was introducing robot suits
for paralysed people, helping them to walk again by detecting their
next move and lifting their muscles.