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Queen of England Bestows CBE Honor on iPod Designer "Jony" Ive

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 5, 2006 - 7:02am.
London - Jonathan "Jony" Ive, designer of Apple Computer's hugely popular iPod digital music player, has been made Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE), an honor ranking just below knighthood. Ive, who is senior vice president of design at Apple, was given the CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his "contribution and services to British interests". Since Apple launched the gadget in 2001, the company has sold more than 30 million iPods; last year, iPod sales increased by about 500% year-on-year. Whether or not Queen Elizabeth owns one of her own is unknown.
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NTL Broadcast and O2 to Trial Mobile TV Service in England

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 13, 2005 - 9:08am.
Oxford, England -- NTL Broadcast and U.K.-based mobile operator O2 announced that they plan to test run Britain's first mobile TV service in July. The companies said the six-month trial, which will investigate how people use the service, would provide a wide range of programs from 16 different channels, including shows from the Discovery Channel, CNN, the Cartoon Network and a short-film channel called Shorts International. The service employs the DVB-H transmission standard, which has been developed for the broadcast of TV signals on mobiles and other handheld devices. While NTL and O2 research shows that more than half of U.K. mobile users are very interested in watching TV programs on their mobiles, the companies admit that they are still unsure how people will use the services.
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