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Consumer Electronics Show 2011

Media and technology companies cozied up to each other at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, touting their collaborations on stage and flaunting their friendships.
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Talks between media and technology companies progressed on a number of potential deals. News Corp ‘s 20th Century Fox continued talks with hardware makers, including Samsung Electronics Co., to license a slate of Fox TV shows to tablet computers and the application stores on Internet-connected TVs, said people familiar with the situation. The deals would allow consumers to either download or stream some Fox shows, which include the “Family Guy” and “The Cleveland Show.”

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