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Portable video expected to take center stage
0 Comments | USA TODAY, January, 2006 | by Jefferson Graham
LOS ANGELES -- The TV world hasn't been the same since Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced his landmark deal to put ABC reruns on iPods.
Portable video will be one of the hottest categories at the Consumer Electronics Show, opening Wednesday in Las Vegas. Dozens of devices and services that promise to take programming off the TV will be introduced.
In his Wednesday speech, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to spotlight a new video download service offering 1,000 movies, including Hitch and The Incredibles.
The Vongo service, from cable TV's Starz, will cost $9.99 a month. Unlike rivals CinemaNow and Movielink, Vongo's offerings -- in addition to use on PCs -- can be transferred to a new slate of portable video devices that Microsoft introduces this week....
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