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Hollywood Breakdown

Apple TV? Direct TV versus Fox

Kim and John talk about Steve Jobs' claim that he'd cracked the code to create a TV that integrates with all digital devices. Also, the Fox-Direct TV conflict.

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By Kim Masters • Oct 27, 2011 • 3m Listen

Kim and John talk about the news that prior to his death Steve Jobs declared to his biographer, Walter Isaacson, he'd cracked the code for how to create a TV set that integrates with all your digital devices. Kim and John question how this will affect the industry. In "old" TV news, they discuss the conflict between Fox and Direct TV. Fox has launched a PR campaign saying that Direct TV wants to take away consumers favorite Fox cable channels, while Direct TV charges that Fox is upping the cost of carrying their content.

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    Kim Masters

    partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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