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News Corp Australia

News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of the American News Corp.

The group's interests span newspaper and magazine publishing, Internet, subscription television in the form of Foxtel, market research, DVD and film distribution, and film and television production trading assets. News Pty Limited (formerly News Limited) is the holding company of the group.

Until the formation of News Corporation in 1979, News Limited was the principal holding company for the business interests of Rupert Murdoch and his family. Since then, News Limited had been wholly owned by News Corporation. In 2004, News Corporation announced its intention to reincorporate to the United States. On 3 November 2004 News Corp Limited ceased trading on the Australian Stock Exchange; and on 8 November, News Corporation began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. On 28 June 2013, News Corporation was split into two separate companies. Murdoch's newspaper interests became News Corp, which was the new parent company of News Limited. The group adopted the new News Corp Australia name following the listing of the new News Corp on 1 July 2013.

Early days
News Limited was established in 1923 by James Edward Davidson and funded by the Collins Group mining empire for the purpose of publishing anti-union propaganda, when he purchased the Broken Hill Barrier Miner and the Port Pirie Recorder. He went on to purchase Adelaide's weekly Mail and to found The News, a daily newspaper in Adelaide, South Australia.

Murdochs
Sir Keith Murdoch acquired a minority interest in the company in 1949. Following his death in 1952, his son Rupert Murdoch inherited The News, which has been described by Murdoch biographer Bruce Page as the "foundation stone" of News Limited (and News Corporation).

Over the next few years, Murdoch gradually established himself as one of the most dynamic media proprietors in Australia, quickly expanding his holdings by acquiring a string of daily and suburban newspapers in most capital cities, including the Sydney afternoon paper, The Daily Mirror, as well as a small Sydney-based recording company, Festival Records. His acquisition of the Mirror proved crucial to his success, allowing him to challenge the dominance of his two main rivals in the Sydney market, the Fairfax Newspapers group, which published the hugely profitable The Sydney Morning Herald, and the Consolidated Press group, owned by Sir Frank Packer, which published the city's leading tabloid paper, The Daily Telegraph.

In 1964, News Limited made its next important advance when it established The Australian, Australia's first national daily newspaper, based initially in Canberra and later in Sydney. The Australian, a broadsheet, gave News Limited a new respectability as a quality newspaper publisher, and also greater political influence since The Australian has always had an elite readership, if not always a large circulation.

Also in 1964, News Limited made Rupert Murdoch's first overseas newspaper investment – a 29.57 percent stake in the Wellington Publishing Company, subsequently part of Independent Newspapers Limited, INL, New Zealand's largest publishing group. The News Limited holding in INL fluctuated over the years and was just over 49 percent in 1997. The INL business was bought by News Limited's main rival in 2003 – Fairfax Media.

Over the next ten years, as his press empire grew, Murdoch established a hugely lucrative financial base, and these profits were routinely used to subsidise further acquisitions. In his early years of newspaper ownership Murdoch was an aggressive, micromanaging entrepreneur. His standard tactic was to buy loss-making Australian newspapers and turn them around by introducing radical management and editorial changes and fighting no-holds-barred circulation wars with his competitors. By the 1970s, this power base was so strong that Murdoch was able to acquire leading newspapers and magazines in both London and New York, as well as many other media holdings.

To gain subscriptions for its new pay television business, News Ltd recruited rugby league football administrators, clubs and players to form a new competition, sparking the mid-1990s Super League war.

On 12 July 2006, News Limited announced the creation of a new division, News Digital Media, to manage the operations of the news site news.com.au; the online marketplace sites, carsguide.com.au, truelocal.com.au and careerone.com.au as well as the partly owned realestate.com.au, foxsports.com.au and related activities involving Foxtel and the company's newspapers and the Australian versions of Fox Interactive Media sites Myspace and IGN. Chairman and chief executive of News Limited, John Hartigan, announced the appointment of Richard Freudenstein as chief executive of the division.

In February 2018, News Corp Australia announced a partnership with Taboola to launch an integrated native content creation, booking and distribution platform. The Taboola Feed will be implemented on desktop, mobile, web and in-app across the News Corp Australia digital network.

Corporate changes
In 2000 John Hartigan was appointed Chief Executive Officer, replacing Lachlan Murdoch. and added chairman to his role in 2005. During his time in the roles, he presided over a number of controversies, included Eatock v Bolt, the court case following News Ltd journalist Andrew Bolt breaching the Racial Discrimination Act, and an unfair dismissal case brought by former Herald Sun editor Bruce Guthrie. On 30 November 2011, Hartigan left News Ltd, and owner Rupert Murdoch took on the role of chairman, while former Foxtel executive Kim Williams took on the role of CEO.

On 28 June 2013, News Corporation split into two publicly traded companies focused on publishing, and broadcasting/media respectively. At this time News Limited was renamed News Corp Australia and became part of the publishing company, News Corp, with Wall Street Journal editor Robert Thomson replacing Rupert Murdoch as CEO. Murdoch remained a chairman and major shareholder for both companies.

On 9 August 2013 it was announced that Julian Clarke would replace Kim Williams as the CEO of News Corp Australia.

On 9 June 2015, it was announced that Peter Tonagh would replace Julian Clarke as the CEO, with Michael Miller to be appointed to the role of Executive Chairman. Peter Tonagh and Michael Miller's first day in their new roles was 16 November 2015

Britain
Murdoch moved to Britain and rapidly became a major force there after his acquisitions of the News of the World, and The Sun in 1969 and The Times and The Sunday Times in 1981, which he bought from the Thomson family. Both takeovers further reinforced his growing reputation as a ruthless and cunning business operator. His takeover of The Times aroused great hostility among traditionalists, who feared he would take it "downmarket." This led directly to the founding of The Independent in 1986 as an alternative quality daily.

United States
Murdoch made his first acquisition in the United States in 1973, when he purchased the San Antonio News. Soon afterwards he founded the National Star, a supermarket tabloid, and in 1976 he purchased the New York Post. Subsequent acquisitions were undertaken through News Corporation.

Australia
News Limited expanded its newspaper holdings in 1987 when it acquired The Herald and Weekly Times, which published two newspapers in Melbourne (in 1990 these papers would be combined to form the Herald Sun) as well as large stakes in several other newspaper publishers. News Limited went on to acquire the remaining shares of Brisbane's Queensland Newspapers (owner of The Courier-Mail), Adelaide's Advertiser Newspapers (owner of The Advertiser) and Hobart's Davies Brothers (owner of The Mercury).

In 1991, News Limited spun off its longtime magazine house, Southdown Press, as Pacific Magazines and Printing, and sold the former Advertiser magazines, renamed Murdoch Magazines, to Matt Handbury. News Limited re-entered the magazine market in 2000 with the start of News Magazines. In 2006, News Limited returned to being a major player in the Australian magazine business with the purchase of Independent Print Media Group's FPC Magazines (Delicious, Super Food Ideas, Vogue Australia).

Nationwide News is a subsidiary of News Corp Australia. It was involved in Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills in the High Court of Australia in 1992. In 2018 it was ordered by the Federal Court to pay damages to actor Geoffrey Rush after The Daily Telegraph published a front-page article alleging that Rush engaged in "inappropriate behaviour" on stage with actress Eryn Jean Norvill during the Sydney Theatre Company's 2015 production of King Lear.

Influence in Australia
Murdoch's desire for dominant cross-media ownership manifested in early 1961 when he bought an ailing Australian record label, Festival Records, and within a few years it had become the leading local recording company. He also bought a television station in Wollongong, New South Wales, hoping to use it to break into the Sydney television market, but found himself frustrated by Australia's cross-media ownership laws, which prevented him from owning both a major newspaper and television station in the same city. Since then he has consistently lobbied, both personally and through his papers, to have these laws changed in his favour. This occurred in 2006 when the Liberal-National Coalition government, having gained control of both houses of the Australian Parliament, introduced reforms to cross-media ownership and foreign media ownership laws. The laws came into effect in early 2007, with further changes in 2017 abolishing 'two out of three' restrictions that had previously prevented news companies from owning newspaper, radio, and television services within the same city.

In 2001 News Corp Australia had nearly three-quarters of daily metropolitan newspaper circulation and so maintained great influence in Australia. Internal News Corp Australia documents reveal a brazen offer during the 2001 federal election campaign to promote the policies of the Liberal National Party (LNP) in its best-selling newspapers nationwide for almost A$500,000. Other documents include a marginal seats guide written by a senior business manager for internal use. It evidences a corporate strategy to target marginal seats at the 2004 election. Some of the documents appeared on Media Watch.

Murdoch wanted a way to influence politics in his native land. He saw a way to do that through the News Corp publication The Australian. The national daily has been used to support Murdoch's political interests over time, such as John McEwen with the National Party of Australia and Gough Whitlam with the Australian Labor Party. According to the Finkelstein Review of Media and Media Regulation, in 2011 the group accounted for 23% of the newspaper titles in Australia. , it owns seven of the country's 12 national or capital city daily (print) newspapers (that is, 58 per cent; excludes weekend papers). In the capital cities of Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, and Hobart, there are no other print dailies. However a 2020 report showed that only 25% of news consumed is obtained from print newspapers, with TV being the top source, online second, and social media third. By early 2021, News Corp had either dropped, or made online only, many of its local newspapers. At that time, it was publishing fewer than 20 print newspapers, and around 85 online titles.

In 2016, News Corp commanded 65% of national and capital city daily (print) newspapers. However, its news website news.com.au ranks second after the ABC News website on visitor count, and its individual newspaper websites do not match several digital-only ones. In December 2020, all of News Corp's news websites reached 1.2 million fewer readers than those owned by Nine Entertainment. The company owns just one television news outlet, Sky News Australia, which does not have a large audience on TV; however, its Facebook posts are shared prolifically, and its subscribers on YouTube, by 2021, not only far outnumbered those of Channel 7 and Channel 9 but had surpassed ABC News.

In 2018 the company's sites included news.com.au, Business Spectator and Eureka Report, Kidspot.com.au, taste.com.au, and homelife.com.au. It had a 55% stake in carsguide.com.au, which was sold in 2016, a share in REA Group that operates realestate.com.au, as well as websites for most newspaper and magazine titles. The company's other Australian assets include Australian News Channel, 65% ownership of subscription television provider Foxtel, (which in turn owns Fox Sports Australia) and shares in the Brisbane Broncos NRL team.

A parliamentary petition initiated by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a Royal Commission investigating the diversity and integrity of print media, focused primarily on News Corp, raised more than 500,000 signatures in November 2020.

Unethical conduct
In the wake of the News International phone hacking scandal in the United Kingdom, in July 2011 News Limited announced a review of all payments in the previous three years. On 22 July it was reported that two retired Victorian Supreme Court judges, Frank Vincent AO QC and Bernard Teague AO, were appointed to act as independent assessors of the conduct of the review and also assess the outcome. The editorial and financial review concluded in early November and found no evidence of phone hacking or payments to public officials, with Vincent and Teague declaring that the review process did not bring ".....to light any systemic issues with respect to the making of payments to third parties and any substantial amounts paid to individuals in respect of illegitimate activities." Despite this the Australian division of News Corp has not entirely escaped scandal with allegations in 2012 that News Corp subsidiary, News Datacom Systems (NDS) had used hackers to undermine pay TV rivals around the world, including Australia. Some of the victims of the alleged hacking, such as Austar were later taken over by News Corp and others such as Ondigital later went bust. NDS had originally been set up to provide security to News Corp's pay TV interests but emails obtained by Fairfax Media revealed they had also pursued a wider agenda by distributing the keys to rival set top box operators and seeking to obtain phone records of suspected rivals. The emails were from the hard drive of NDS European chief, Ray Adams. It was also revealed that Australian Federal police were working with UK police to investigate hacking by News Corp.

Holdings
News Corp Australia operates 170 newspaper and magazine titles in Australia, including the following:

National

 * The Australian including weekly insert magazine The Deal and monthly insert magazine (wish)
 * The Weekend Australian including insert magazine The Weekend Australian Magazine

Metropolitan

 * New South Wales
 * The Daily Telegraph
 * The Sunday Telegraph including insert magazine sundaymagazine
 * mX (Sydney) (ceased publication 12 June 2015)
 * The Sportsman

 * Victoria
 * Herald Sun
 * Sunday Herald Sun including insert magazine sundaymagazine
 * mX (Melbourne) (ceased publication 12 June 2015)

 * Queensland
 * The Courier-Mail including weekly insert magazine QWeekend
 * The Sunday Mail
 * The Daily Sun (1982–1988), from 1988 The Sun, now ceased publication
 * The Gold Coast Bulletin
 * mX (Brisbane) (ceased publication 12 June 2015)

 * South Australia
 * The Advertiser including the monthly insert the Adelaide* magazine
 * Sunday Mail

 * Tasmania
 * The Mercury
 * The Sunday Tasmanian

 * Northern Territory
 * Northern Territory News
 * The Sunday Territorian

Community

 * Sydney
 * NewsLocal (formerly Cumberland-Courier Community Newspapers)
 * Inner West Courier
 * North Shore Times
 * The Manly Daily
 * Central Coast Express Advocate

 * Melbourne
 * Leader Community Newspapers

 * Brisbane
 * Quest Community Newspapers

 * Adelaide
 * Messenger Newspapers (ceased publication May 2020, content now included on The Advertiser website)

Regional

 * New South Wales
 * Tweed Daily News
 * Coffs Coast Advocate

 * South Australia
 * Messenger Newspapers (ceased publication May 2020, content now included on The Advertiser website)

 * Tasmania
 * Tasmanian Country

 * Victoria
 * Geelong Advertiser
 * Geelong News

 * Queensland
 * Gold Coast Bulletin
 * Townsville Bulletin
 * Tablelander
 * Innisfail Advocate
 * Burdekin Advocate
 * The Northern Miner
 * Herbert River Express
 * The Cairns Post
 * Tablelands Advertiser
 * The Daily Mercury
 * Central Queensland News
 * The Morning Bulletin
 * Central Telegraph
 * The Observer
 * NewsMail
 * Fraser Coast Chronicle
 * The Gympie Times
 * The Sunshine Coast Daily
 * The Queensland Times
 * The Chronicle
 * Warwick Daily News
 * The Dalby Herald
 * Chinchilla News and Murilla Advertiser
 * The Western Star

Magazines

 * GQ Australia
 * Vogue Australia
 * Vogue Living
 * Australian Golf Digest
 * Super Food Ideas
 * Delicious
 * Big League
 * Taste.com.au Magazine

Websites

 * News.com.au publishes stories and multimedia created by a team of about 51 reporters.
 * The Punch was an opinion and news website, founded in 2009 and merged with news.com.au in March 2013
 * Business Spectator is a business news website
 * Punters.com.au, an Australian horse racing news and form guide website
 * Racenet.com.au, Australia's Premier Horse Racing News, Form Guides & Tips
 * KidSpot, a parenting website
 * Realestate.com.au, Buy, rent and sell property
 * Code, sports news website

Gambling

 * Betr (33%)

Sport

 * Brisbane Broncos (69%)

Television

 * Foxtel (65% with Telstra)
 * Fox Sports
 * Hubbl (formerly Streamotion)
 * Kayo Sports (through Hubbl)
 * Binge (through Hubbl)
 * Flash (through Hubbl)
 * Sky News Australia (through Australian News Channel)
 * Sky News Extra (through Australian News Channel)
 * Sky News Weather Channel (through Australian News Channel)

News Awards
News Corp holds annual award events to recognise its journalists, known as the News Awards. The top award is known as the Sir Keith Murdoch Award for Excellence in Journalism.

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Ateme

Ateme S.A. is a multinational company that specializes in video compression, CDN/streaming, cloud recording and advertising. They develop software for video compression based on the main standards: MPEG2,H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, AV1 and H.266/VVC (Versatile Video Coding). Ateme solutions features also packaging capabilities with MPEG2-TS, HLS and DASH output. Their solutions are used by Content Providers, Broadcasters, MPVDs and Streaming Providers for delivery and monetization over Contribution, Distribution and Cable/Satellite/IPTV/Terrestrial/OTT networks.

The company has its headquarters in Vélizy near Paris, France, with offices that spread over Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia. The company also has a worldwide resellers network and operates globally with clients in more than 60 countries.

The company is a member of broadcasting associations such as DVB, SMPTE, NAB, SVG, VIDTRANS, iabm, ABU, WTA, SSPI. Ateme maintains a global presence through content providers, service providers, broadcasters and video platforms. Ateme exhibits at global trade shows such as the IBC and NAB Show.

They work to make online streaming more ecofriendly by introduction of new codecs and solutions using analytics and Articial Intelliegnce. Their technologies reduce bandwidth and infrastructure needs for broadcasting and streaming content on any type of screen and network. This reduction in turn helps to play its part in reducing the environmental impact of video delivery on worldwide energy consumption.

Products

 * TITAN: Software suite for origination, acquisition and compression.
 * KYRION: High-quality/ultra-low-latency encoding/decoding appliance.
 * NEA: Software suite for origin, packaging, storage, analytics and CDN.
 * PILOT: Software suite for management, operations and deployment.
 * Ateme +: Cloud-based SaaS video compression, processing.

Ateme portfolio runs on any type of infrastructure: bare metal appliance, private datacenter or off-premises hyperscalers including AWS, GCP, Azure or Akamai.

Market
Ateme has been listed on the Paris Euronext market since 2014 and in November 2020 it acquired Anevia, a provider of OTT and IPTV software solutions. In 2023, Ateme served over a thousand customers worldwide, earning €100 million in revenues, of which more than 90% outside its home market.

Ateme's customers include various global broadcast and OTT companies, such as EBU, Proximus, Telefónica, NBC Sports, Encompass, Globo, Sky, Orange, TV Azteca, RTL Group, TotalPlay, FOX Sports, AMC Networks, CRA, France Télévisions, FPT Telecom, Esporte Interativo, and Globecast.

Awards
Ateme won the 2022 Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), in 3 categories: Development of Perceptual Metrics for Video Encoding Optimization, Artificial Intelligence Optimization for Video Compression, Development of Massive Processing Optimized Compression Technologies.

Projects

 * TITAN Edge Project, supported by the Ile-de-France regional council and the European Union, aims to develop a new-generation, innovative video distribution platform to solve the regionalization problem.
 * 3EMS(Energy Efficient Enhanced Media Streaming) Project, funded by the Brittany Region, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, aims to deploy the first end-to-end 5G VVC chain to achieve the goals of reducing video traffic and energy consumption while also limiting network congestion.
 * 3EMS-2 Project, financed by the FEDER, the Brittany Region and Rennes Métropole, aims to reduce the energy impact of video services and support the energy transition.
 * NESTED (New vidEo STandards for Enhanced Delivery) Project, co-financed by the Brittany Region and Rennes Métropole, focuses on the development of a video streaming solution with a controlled energy footprint.
 * SimpleRAN Project, co-financed by the French government and the European Union-Next Generation EU, aims to develop virtualized mobile networks (vRANs) for 5G/6G, based on a minimalist distributed architecture.
 * MERCI (Media and Event Production via Resilient Communication on IoT Infrastructure) Project, co-funded by the French government and the European Union-Next Generation EU, aims to develop innovative solutions for private 5G networks based on or complemented by the ETSI DECT-2020 NR standard.
 * Hyper Open X Project, co-funded by the French government and the European Union-Next Generation EU, aims to develop an open-source cloud framework, integrating major French cloud computing players with a focus on sovereignty, data protection, and fair competition.

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Vargas

Vargas may refer to:

People

 * Vargas (surname), including a list of people with this surname

 * Getúlio Vargas, 14th and 17th President of Brazil
 * Getúlio Vargas, Rio Grande do Sul, a Brazilian municipality
 * "Vargas", also "Varga", signature on works by Peruvian painter of pin-ups Alberto Vargas
 * Vargas and Lagola, a Swedish songwriting, production and artist duo
 * Vincent Pontare, professionally known as Vargas; Swedish songwriter, producer, and singer

Places

 * Vargas, Cantabria, Spain
 * Vargas, former name of La Guaira State, Venezuela
 * Vargas Municipality
 * Vargas tragedy, a natural disaster in 1999

Fictional characters

 * Miguel Vargas, 1958 film Touch of Evil character
 * Rocco Vargas, 1986 science-fiction comic-book series by Daniel Torres
 * Vargas, 1994 boss from video game Final Fantasy VI
 * Edgar Vargas, 1995 character in Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
 * Vargas (comics), 2001 Marvel Comics character
 * Vargas, 2016 character from game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

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Padukka

Padukka (පාදුක්ක, பாதுக்கை) is a town in the district of Colombo in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. It has a population of roughly 8,000. Elevation 44feet.

Padukka, which is part of the Avissawella electorate is situated 33 kilometers east of Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka, and on the bank of Pusweli Oya on a high ground surrounded by marshland.

History
The town of Padukka is thought to have been founded as a camp site by the forces of the Seethawaka Kingdom in the 16th century CE, on the banks of the Pusweli Oya (a major tributary of Kelani Ganga river), at a location where the Arukwathu Oya (stream) joins the Pusweli Oya. It was a well-protected site with marshland and hills surrounding the site. Legend says that the town got its name as it was under the "Naa" (Iron Wood) Trees in the town that the Portuguese Army rested after being defeated by the Army of King Seethawa Rajasinghe in the battle at the adjoining Hanwella Fort. It was said that the defeated Portuguese army rested there until they settled their minds. Thus in the Sinhala Language it was called "Paha Dukka" ("paha"= vanish; "dukka"= sadness), which became "Padukka" (පාදුක්ක) later. The famous "Naa" (Iron Wood) Trees are still present at the town's rest house premises.

Padukka has also played a significant role in other wars against Portuguese occupants as an integral part of the Hewagam Korale which literally means the korale (an administrative division) that provided soldiers (hewa). According to the historical data, Sinhalese soldiers confronted the retreating Portuguese army, chased them down at the current Galagedera junction, and inflicted heavy casualties upon the Portuguese contingent.

Names of satellite villages bear testimony to the rich historical legacy of Sithawake kingdom in current Padukka area. Angampitiya which is just 4 miles from the city centre is believed to be the place where king observed the kind of martial art known as Angam Poraya. Kelimadala is believed to be the play ground of Sithawake royalty. Bope was a thick jungle according to the book Kunsthanthinu hatana( Konstantine's war) written by Alagiyawanna Mukaweti of "Subhashithaya" fame.

Moreover the area called "Legumbima", in the adjoining village, "Udumulla", had been a camp site of Portuguese Army.

Location
Padukka can be accessed via the B240 (Sri Jayawardanapura - Padukka - Bope highway, earlier B2) highway (33 km from Colombo) or by the Kelani Valley Railway Line (take approximately 1.5hrs for the slow train ride from Colombo - distance 35 km). An alternative but comfortable drive (36 km from Colombo) is via the Colombo-Avissawella (Highlevel) road (A4 Axis) up to Galagedera junction. From here, one has to take a turn to the right and drive on Horana road to Padukka town(1.5 km). It is one of the borders of Colombo District. Horana, the next town after Padukka, belongs to Kalutara District. Homagama, Horana, Hanwella, Halbarawa and Handapangoda are the adjoining towns to Padukka. Udumulla, Meepe, Galagedera, Liyanwala, Malagala, Yatawatura, Beliaththawila, Kahawala, Menerigama, Poregedara, Kotigamgoda, Bope, Arukwatta, Weragala, Angampitiya, Pitumpe, Uggalla, Wewelpanawa, Diddeniya, Udagama, Dambora, Panaluwa, Angamuwa, Meeriyagalla, Mawathagama, Galkaduwa, Koshena, Watareka, Daampe, Horagala-East, Horagala-West, Kurugala and Madulawa are main satellite villages scattered around Padukka.

Train

 * Kelani Valley line

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Development
The development of Padukka as an urban center began with the building of a road from Colombo to Ingiriya in the 19th century and the opening of the interior forests with the spreading of rubber, tea, cinnamon and coconut plantations. The building of the Kelani valley railway in 1902, which ran from Colombo to Yatiyantota and Ratnapura passing Padukka and Avissawella, also contributed greatly to the growth of the city. In 1871, when the first census in the country was done, the town's population stood at 400.

With rapid urbanization in the country, Padukka and its surrounding villages have started to expand vastly. As a result, the government has carved out a separate divisional secretariat division for Padukka from the Hanwella division to which it previously belonged. Padukka city has become the main administrative centre of this divisional secretariat whose current population stands at 54395.

Demographics
Padukka is predominantly a Sinhalese area, with 95% of the population being Sinhalese. Tamils (both Sri Lankan and Indian) comprise 2.5% while Sri Lankan Moors are also present. 1405 people live in the estate sector in the division. Religious composition is also similar to racial distribution with 95% Buddhists, 1.9% Hindus, 1.1% Christians and 1.7% Muslims.

The number of housing units in the Padukka division, according to the census data of 2001, is 15010 while total number of building units including government buildings is 17065.

Administration
The Padukka city, which was once administered by the Padukka—Waga Village Council is now run by the Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha (Divisional Council). Notable government institutions in Padukka include:
 * Divisional Secretariat
 * Police Station
 * Government Hospital
 * Rest House
 * Railway Station
 * Bope Rajasinghe National School
 * Siri Piyaratana Central College

The office of the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) the main preventive medicine centre for public health activities in the region is situated on Horana Road in Padukka town. This MOH office has a unique history having dated back to British colonial era. The Padukka hospital also has a long history in the Sri Lankan medical system.

There is a monumental gas lamp placed in the center of the town to commemorate the peace treaty ending World War I in 1919. Padukka also has a splendid Rest House run by the Sri Lanka Tourist Board and also a few Guest Houses.

Two out of three Satellite Earth Stations in Sri Lanka are also situated in Padukka. Today Padukka is also famous for having a number of rubber estates while there are substantial amounts of graphite deposits in and around the area. The highest mountain in the Colombo district, Udagama Kanda (1492 ft) lies near Padukka.

Newly built Padukka Sathi Pola (weekly fair) opened in 2014 at town itself. Branches of Bank of Ceylon, People's Bank, Hatton National Bank, Commercial Bank & Sampath Bank are situated at Padukka.

Maps

 * https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Padukka/@6.8436433,80.1011896,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x3ae252b4e771f95f:0x7b8423cfccab27b7?hl=en

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Volley gun

A volley gun is a gun with multiple single-shot barrels that volley fired simultaneously or sequentially in quick succession. Although capable of unleashing intense firepower, volley guns differ from modern machine guns in that they lack autoloading and automatic fire mechanisms, and therefore their volume of fire is limited by the number of barrels bundled together.

In practice, large volley guns were not particularly more useful than a cannon firing canister shot or grapeshot. Since they were still mounted on a carriage, they could be as hard to aim and move around as a cannon, and the many barrels took as long or longer to reload. They also tended to be relatively expensive since they were more complex than a cannon, due to all the barrels and ignition fuses, and each barrel had to be individually loaded, unloaded, maintained, and cleaned.

15th-century volley guns

The Ribauldequin was a medieval version of the volley gun. It had its barrels set up in parallel. This early version was first employed during the Hundred Years' War by the army of Edward III of England, in 1339. Later on, the late Swiss army employed it.

In the mid-1570s a volley gun referred to as an ‘ingen of war’ was presented to the government of England which was capable of holding from 160 to 320 shots and discharging them 4, 8, 12 or 24 bullets at a time. Multi-barreled artillery pieces continued in use during the 16th and 17th century. A double-barreled cannon called Elizabeth-Henry, named after Charles I's youngest children, was used by the Cavaliers during the English Civil War and fired 2oz charges. It could also fire grapeshot. The barrels were wrapped in leather to prevent rusting.

On the continent, 16th century Aragon developed a 15-barrel volley gun; German and Polish gunsmiths invented handheld multi-barrel guns. These were sometimes combination sword and axe pistols such as Henry VIII's Walking Staff, a 3-barreled gun and battle mace. Henry VIII also owned a multi-barreled German wheel lock rifle capable of firing a superimposed charge.

18th-century volley guns
The Nock gun resembled a conventional flintlock musket with seven barrels hexagonally brazed around a central barrel. All seven .46 caliber (12 mm) barrels were connected to the single flintlock pan in a manner intended to produce simultaneous discharge through row ignition, but one or more barrels frequently failed to fire. The gun was invented by James Wilson in 1779 and manufactured by Henry Nock for use through the Napoleonic Wars. Five hundred Nock guns were produced for the Royal Navy intended for use in repelling boarders or to clear an enemy deck in advance of friendly boarding parties. Admiral Howe's fleet was issued twenty guns for each ship of the line and twelve guns for each frigate. Recoil of the 13-pound (5.9 kg) Nock gun caused dislocated shoulders and clavicle fractures among the sailors firing Nock guns; and the muzzle flash from simultaneous discharge of multiple barrels could ignite canvas sail when fired from positions in the rigging. The Nock volley gun was considered obsolete by 1805, but a surviving weapon was carried by Richard Widmark in the 1960 movie The Alamo. The Nock gun was recently brought to public attention by its inclusion in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels where it was wielded by both Sharpe and his friend and colleague Sergeant Patrick Harper.

A breech-loading volley gun that was reloaded using multiple breech pieces, similar to the later mitrailleuse, was developed in France in 1775 by a Du Perron.

19th-century volley guns
Two notable artillery-sized volley guns were developed in the mid-19th century, although neither was particularly successful in practice. Developed in the 1860s and based on an 1850s design by a captain Fafschamps, the French mitrailleuse is an example of a multi-barreled volley gun that could fire all of its barrels simultaneously or sequentially over a short period of time. Also developed in the 1860s, General Origen Vandenburgh of the New York State Militia designed a weapon that had eighty-five parallel .50 caliber rifle barrels. After failing to sell the weapon to the United Kingdom, he reportedly sold a small number to the Confederate States of America, although there is no record that they were actually used. One Vandenburgh gun was located at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, and another reportedly at Salisbury, North Carolina.

A few hand-held volley guns were also developed during the 18th and 19th centuries. One of the most distinctive was the "duck's foot" volley gun, a pistol with multiple barrels arranged in a splayed pattern, so that the firer could spray a sizable area with a single shot. The principle behind this type of pistol is one of confrontation by one person against a group; hence, it was popular among bank guards, prison wardens and sea captains in the early 19th century.

In July 1835, Giuseppe Marco Fieschi used a home-made, 25-barrel volley gun to attempt the assassination of King Louis Philippe I in Paris. He fired the weapon from a third-floor window while the king and his entourage were passing in the street below. Eighteen people were killed, but the King only received a minor wound. The gun barrels had been sold as scrap by a government arsenal after being labelled as defective and four of them burst when fired. Fieschi was badly injured and was quickly captured. He and two others involved in the plot were condemned to death and guillotined in 1836. His volley gun, known as the infernal machine, is preserved at the Musée des Archives Nationales in Paris.

Modern connection
A number of designs of electronically fired explosive-propulsion projectile weapons and non-explosive projectile weapons were developed by Metal Storm Limited which had some similarities to 18th-century volley guns, particularly in that they use many barrels, which can all be fired once simultaneously or sequentially, such as the Nordenfelt gun. These designs met with little commercial interest and Metal Storm Limited entered administration in 2012.

The Spanish Navy uses a volley gun system, the Meroka, which consists of twelve Oerlikon 20 mm cannons mounted in a tight cluster with an externally powered automatic loading system. It delivers an exceptionally high rate of fire for a very short burst, and reloads in less than 0.3 seconds. This makes it suitable for close-range defense against missiles, aircraft, watercraft, coastal targets, and floating mines.

In 2019, Standard Manufacturing introduced the S333 Thunderstruck, a double-barreled revolver which fires two rounds with each pull of the trigger.

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Check numbers
Check numbers were removed on the grounds that they have no real meaning—because there are several series of checks. Checks numbers were reinstated on the grounds that they are "necessary to see which checks are missing". These grounds, however, are invalid, because there are several series of checks. You can tell almost nothing from a check number, and you can certainly not tell which checks are missing. Including the check numbers misleads for that reason: some people who do not understand the numbers will erroneously think—as has been demonstrated—that they can tell what is missing from the numbers. Ergo, the check numbers should be removed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.158.197.172 (talk) 08:56, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

 * Taken them out, along with the headers demarcating the series. When DEK got new bank accounts or new chequebooks is none of our business.  It's not in any way relevant to the article.  At best it's irrelevant, at worst it's a potential invasion of privacy.  86.128.221.17 17:30, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

 * If we decide to list all known checks written by Don Knuth (I am not saying that it is a good or bad thing — it does not strike me as a particularly encyclopedic topic, but on the other hand I can understand that this topic fascinates some people) then it makes sense to include the check numbers, if only because they are a good way to differentiate checks and catch duplicates. The argument of "seeing missing checks" described above, however, looks pointless to me (Knuth certainly writes other checks than those sent to people who found errors in his books, and the list is bound to have gaps).

 * It seems pretty clear that Knuth does NOT use this checkbook for other purposes. He states that 2000+ reward checks were written as of Oct 2001.  That is consistent with what the table shows, which is 1284+ checks in the first series, plus 767+ in the second series, totalling 2051+.  I am assuming that the first check in each series starts at 100, since we see no checks with numbers <100, but plenty with numbers between 100 and 200. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by67.114.59.21 (talk) 08:48, 19 December 2006 (UTC).

Sourced vs unsourced claims
As I wrote above, this list of checks compiled from scans and other reliable information may already be considered not to be encyclopedic; on the other hand, the list of unverified information in the form "Xxx claims to have checks" has clearly nothing to do here (people bragging is unlikely to be a reliable source, to say the least). Schutz 08:01, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

My two cents: Just because a comprehensive list of reward checks is fascinating to some people is no reason to put it in an encyclopedia. Also, Image:Knuth-check2.png should prove that just because someone has a scan of check number X doesn't mean Knuth wrote check number X (digital images are easy to forge). Therefore, even the claims substantiated by scanned images could be considered "unverifiable" by anyone except Knuth himself, if you wanted to be strict about it. Finally, it's just a big can of worms. I have a Knuth check; should I add myself to this page? Or do I need to scan and post the check first? Or do I also need to distort Knuth's account information in the scanned image, for privacy? And so on and so on. Ick. Let some private citizen's Web site make a list, if they like. (But it might be encyclopedic to mention who got the first reward check, and who got them for TeX bugs before the amount was frozen.) --Quuxplusone 02:42, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree; that's no encyclopedic. It is original research, and it is also unreasonable for people to snobbishly expose their private possessions on Wikipedia. Wikipedia shouldn't be a place for people's exhibitionism. --Rtc 12:06, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

The list belongs in the encyclopedia, because it not only documents the types of errors encountered in a leading software project of the era, but also shows the variety of human beings involved. In a field where the work product is an immaterial stream of bits, here we have a few tangible artifacts of the humanity that produced that product. There is nothing else like this in academia, and the details are not just fascinating, but relevant to the article's subject. I suppose a list of Rembrandt works and where they've ended up is also "bragging"? These are concrete facts, and nobody is bragging by the publication of unadorned facts, nor is anyone's privacy involved. The issues of verification must be addressed, but that is no reason to clobber this information entirely out of the article. Richard J Kinch 20:36, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Rembrandt's paintings, in contrast to checks, are relevant works that are catalogued openly in official, published lists. If you want to document the bugs of TeX etc. in an encyclopedic manner, you can use the official, published errata files as a source and write an article about them based on that. Information about actual checks are a private matter that doesn't belong into an encyclopedia. Wikipedia doesn't research lists that have not yet been published anywhere else. As long as DEK decides not to publish a list of checks himself, it doesn't belong here, and even if he would, it would be appropriate only for Wikisource, a sister project of Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's No Original Research and What Wikipedia is not policies for more information. These policies are the reason for the deletion. --rtc 00:44, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Seigniorage
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if these reward checks aren't being cashed, aren't they an example of seigniorage? TerraFrost 05:23, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

 * I'm not sure. Money generally doesn't have intrinsic value, so getting less intrinsically valuable stuff for your money than you originally gave for the money seems to be seigniorage, but Knuth checks are more akin to collectibles or trophies than financial instruments. --Gwern (contribs) 18:23 19 October 2007 (GMT)

 * I don't think cheques qualify as seigniorage because they need to be cashed within several months of the written date (six months where I live). Knuth probably reuses the money after his prize winners are no longer able to claim it. --192.249.47.11 (talk) 17:44, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

stanford.edu.ca
The San Seriffe cheque contains a URL ending "stanford.edu.ca". This isn't a real domain. What's up with that? The Wednesday Island (talk) 18:41, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

 * Interesting. I just received check number 1278, and it does not have the '.ca' in the URL.  I don't know why it is in the pictured check, but it's not in recent checks.  FWIW, the check I just earned was for a bug in MMIXware.  The memo field read "MM 83."  I added this to the list of memo field character codes on the page. --Mr z (talk) 04:39, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

LaTeX
I heard he is offering a reward if you can cause the program to produce an error. Is this true? Ranze (talk) 06:50, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Get your own reward check
Quick, go over to Knuth's site and tell him that he left out the word "know" in line 2, page iv of his draft of fascicle 5a, version 1/12/13. Good luck! --84.177.46.222 (talk) 22:15, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

This information is not article-worthy
Sorry, but this article should be shortened and put in the Donald Knuth page.

See

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SBaker43 (talk) 01:57, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * To cement the point, Erdős problems directs to Paul_Erdős#Erd.C5.91s.27_problems.   Erdős number carries enough information to warrant an article.
 * 72.230.215.230 (talk) 17:34, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * You're welcome to create an article for Erdős problems. It would be easier if you registered with a user name. I left you a welcome message on your IP talk page with some information about editing Wikipedia.
 * You're welcome to create an article for Erdős problems. It would be easier if you registered with a user name. I left you a welcome message on your IP talk page with some information about editing Wikipedia.

SBaker43 (talk) 02:47, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose merge — Article has WP:RS. It survived a proposed deletion in May 2009. This article seems to have plenty of material and none of it seems to need to be deleted. There are numerous other ancillary articles for Donald Knuth; many of which could be reduced and merged into his article also—but the quality and balance of the biography then begins to suffer from the hodge-podge collection of miscellaneous articles without a central theme. Then the only solution is to prune each into a single paragraph or sentence of miscellaneous "stuff". In the end either all the ancillary articles should be deleted or kept as they are.

 * Oppose merge — the article is as noted properly cited with multiple reliable sources; it is on a markedly different topic from the Knuth biography; it is plainly of encyclopaedic interest. To boot, it is informative and well-written. "Other topics don't have articles' isn't a valid argument; I concur with the suggestion that Erdős problems deserves an article, which would certainly be notable. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:25, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Actually, seeing the level of consensus here, I've boldly removed the tags, so this discussion is closed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:25, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

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MPEG Industry Forum

The MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) is a non-profit consortium dedicated to "further the adoption of MPEG Standards, by establishing them as well accepted and widely used standards among creators of content, developers, manufacturers, providers of services, and end users".

The group is involved in many tasks, which include promotion of MPEG standards (particularly MPEG-4, MPEG-4 AVC / H.264, MPEG-7 and MPEG-21); developing MPEG certification for products; organizing educational events; and collaborating on development of new de facto MPEG standards.

MPEGIF, founded in 2000, has played a significant role in facilitating the widespread adoption and deployment of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 as the industry's standard video compression technology, powering next generation television, most mainstream content delivery and consumption applications including packaged media. MPEGIF serves as a single point of information on technology, products and services for these standards, offers interoperability testing, a conformance program, marketing activities and is supporting over 50 international trade shows and conferences per year.

The key activities of the forum are structured via three main Committees:

 * Technology & Engineering
 * Interoperability & Compliance
 * Marketing & Communication

2009–2010 focus areas

 * 3DTV
 * Addressable advertising: extension and adoption of CableLabs SCTE-104 for all multimedia
 * MPEG-4/Scalable Video Coding (SVC)
 * Simplifying competitive licensing
 * Quality of Experience / Quality of Service metrics
 * Royalty free DRM initiatives
 * Online Video / Internet Streaming
 * IPTV ecosystem
 * Ultra HD (7680x4320)
 * MPEG/High-Performance Video Coding (HVC, H.265)
 * MPEG-7 / MPEG-21

MPEGIF is also running the MPEGIF Logo Qualification Program, which is designed to help guide interoperability among products and technology. The program, based on a self-certification process, is free of charge and open to all companies using MPEG technology, not just members of MPEGIF although, membership is encouraged. Qualified products have the right to display the MP4 Qualification Mark and also list their status in their documentation, literature, and advertising. They will also have their product listed in the MPEGIF Product Directory.

In June 2012 the MPEG Industry Forum officially "declared victory" and voted to close its operation and merge its remaining assets with that of the Open IPTV Forum.

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All concepts copyright Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan. All artwork copyright Becky Cloonan.

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Page zooming

In computing, page zooming is the ability to zoom in and out a document or image at page level. It is usually found in applications related to document layout and publishing, e.g. word processing and spreadsheet programs, but it can also be found in web browsers as it improves accessibility for people with visual impairment and people using mobile devices, such as PDAs and mobiles which have a relatively small screen.

Different modes
There are two notably different modes of page zooming: When zooming in, a horizontal scroll bar will appear when the screen is not wide enough to hold the page content.
 * text resizing that resizes the text by increasing or decreasing the font size, with wrapping to avoid horizontal scrolling, leaving the size of the images the same.
 * real page zooming mode that resizes also images, other multimedia objects, and viewports.

Early web browsers had only the ability to resize the text on a page, but in the meantime all major browsers have the ability to resize the full content. The quality differs between the web browsers since they use different algorithms.

Some web browsers now have Zoom Text Only, for text resizing. It should alter all sizes given in em, ex, rem and ch, whatever they may refer to. If the page is carefully written, that can make the main text more readable without sending so much of the less important material outside the window.

This concept has also been extended to home entertainment devices. Most media players of recent generations such as DVD and Blu-ray include (via buttons on a remote) the ability to "zoom" in and out, and to change the focus of the zoom in any direction in two dimensions.

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Sportsnet 360

Sportsnet 360 (SN360) is a Canadian discretionary specialty channel owned by Rogers Media.

The channel was launched in 1994 as the licence-exempt service Sportscope, which featured a display of sports news and scores. In 1997, the network was re-launched under Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) licensing as Headline Sports, adding anchored segments to its rolling sports news programming. In 2000, the network gained the ability to air occasional broadcasts of live sporting events, and was re-launched as The Score. In 2012, the network's parent company Score Media announced that it would sell the network to Rogers Communications, which owns the competing Sportsnet family of sports television networks; in 2013, the network was re-branded as Sportsnet 360.

The channel primarily broadcasts automated blocks of sports news and highlights, along with live sports coverage as an overflow channel for Sportsnet's national programming. The channel is also the main Canadian broadcaster of WWE's flagship professional wrestling programs (WWE Raw, SmackDown, and NXT) along with other ancillary programs.

As of 2014, Sportsnet 360 is available in 5.8 million Canadian homes.

Sportscope, Headline Sports
The channel has its origins in Sportscope, a sports news service for cable television providers launched in 1994. Its programming consisted solely of an alphanumeric text rotation of sports scores, news, and sports betting information. As it did not include any video content, it did not require a license from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate.

On September 4, 1996, Sportscope was granted a licence from the CRTC for "Sportscope Plus", an expansion of the service into a specialty channel capable of carrying video programming. The channel planned to carry anchored blocks of sports news and highlights, accompanied by a ticker with updated sports scores and headlines. Sportscope disclosed plans for localized tickers and additional streams of alphanumeric data. The expanded service launched in May 1997 as Headline Sports.

The Score
In March 2000, the CRTC approved an amendment to Headline Sports' license allowing it to carry limited live programming, provided that it operate in a manner that still prioritizes its licensed format as a sports news and information service. This included continuing to display the ticker during all programming, and breaking away from live programming at least once every 15 minutes to present video highlights.

To promote the expansion, and due to trademark issues with Turner Broadcasting over the "Headline Sports" name (as CNN Headline News aired sports segments carrying the name), the channel was rebranded as The Score Television Network (or simply The Score) that year.

On June 6, 2006, The Score launched a high definition simulcast, available through all major television providers in Canada. On September 3, 2008, the channel began broadcasting from a new studio on the corner of King and Peter in Downtown Toronto. In the 2007–08 season, The Score acquired the Canadian television rights to the Premier League. The network sub-licensed the majority of the package to long-time rightsholder Rogers Sportsnet, which carried a weekly match on Saturdays, and all other matches on its newly launched premium service Setanta Sports Canada. The Score would broadcast a weekly match on Sundays, and launched the bi-weekly studio program The Footy Show.

On September 20, 2011, Score Media announced that it would put The Score Television Network up for sale.

Purchase by Rogers, relaunch as Sportsnet 360
Reports surfaced on August 24, 2012, that Rogers Media, owners of the competing network Sportsnet, would acquire The Score's parent company. The following day, Rogers Media announced that it acquired Score Media in a transaction valued at $167 million. Pending CRTC approval, Rogers acquired Score Media's television business which included the closed captioning service Voice to Visual Inc., mixed martial arts promotion The Score Fighting Series, and The Score Television Network.

The acquisition closed on October 19, 2012, at which point Score Media's digital assets (the website theScore.com and associated mobile apps) were spun off into another company primarily owned by Score Media's previous shareholders, theScore Inc., in which Rogers Media retained a 10% interest. Score Media's television properties were immediately placed into a blind trust, under trustee Peter Viner, pending final CRTC approval. As part of CRTC requirements to spend 10% of the value of an acquisition on initiatives to strengthen the broadcasting industry, Rogers planned to fund the organization and broadcast of the "Sportsnet Winter Games" (which would have been an annual winter sports competition) and provide funding for the production of amateur sports programming. While Rogers planned to continue running The Score as a sports news service, it also requested that the CRTC ease some of the restrictions that were placed on the network in order to allow it to be more competitive with other Canadian sports channels. Namely, Rogers requested that it only be required to air one sports news update per-hour during live programming.

On April 30, 2013, the CRTC approved the acquisition of The Score by Rogers, as well as an amendment to its license to reduce the required number of sports updates during live programs to once per-hour. The CRTC rejected its proposal to spend its tangible benefits on the Sportsnet Winter Games. Immediately following the approval, it was announced that The Score would begin airing Hockey Central Playoff Extra (a spin-off of Sportsnet's NHL news program) nightly during the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, and the network replaced its afternoon programming with a telecast of Tim & Sid, a radio show on Rogers-owned CJCL hosted by former The Score personalities Tim Micallef and Sid Seixeiro.

On June 4, 2013, Rogers announced that it would relaunch The Score under the Sportsnet brand as Sportsnet 360 on July 1, 2013; it was launched with a simulcast of a Toronto Blue Jays baseball game, followed by the premiere of the new post-game show, Blue Jays Xpress. Alongside the rebranding, an updated version of The Score's on-screen sports ticker was introduced. Rogers stated that the network would continue to target its programming towards "hardcore" sports fans with "a vast breadth of premium sports content in a fast-paced, energetic and entertaining manner".

Programming
Sportsnet 360's schedule consists of automated blocks featuring sports news and highlights (primarily during the morning and overnight periods, and on weekend afternoons), alongside other full-length programs, and overflow and simulcasted sports programming from other Sportsnet channels. The network's daytime lineup features television simulcasts of the afternoon lineup of co-owned sports radio station CJCL, including Hockey Central and Writer's Bloc.

The channel aired a simulcast of CJCL's Tim & Sid from the acquisition of The Score by Rogers in 2013 until 2015, when the show relaunched on Sportsnet with a television-oriented format. The channel then began simulcasting their replacement Brady & Walker (which had moved from mornings) until February 2016, after Greg Brady was fired from the station. Prime Time Sports also aired on Sportsnet 360 until the show's end in October 2019; the station then joined the main Sportsnet channels in simulcasting Tim & Sid once again, after the show was given an audio simulcast on CJCL as a replacement for Prime Time Sports.

Sportsnet 360 is the exclusive Canadian broadcaster of WWE programs; the programs have been mainstays of the network since its period as The Score. As of February 2020, weekly WWE programming includes Raw, SmackDown, Main Event, NXT, and This Week in WWE. Rogers' current contract with WWE began in 2014 and runs through 2024; the contract also gave Rogers exclusive Canadian distribution rights to WWE Network.

Sportsnet 360 formerly broadcast regular season events in U Sports football and basketball. In August 2014, Sportsnet announced that it would not renew its Ontario University Athletics conference television contracts for the 2014 season because of low viewership and the resulting high cost-per-viewer of producing the game broadcasts. UFC mixed-martial arts, including UFC on Fox events, preliminary fights, and the reality series The Ultimate Fighter, largely moved from the Sportsnet regional networks and Sportsnet One to Sportsnet 360 following its launch. On December 22, 2014, it was announced that TSN and Fight Network would take over Canadian rights to UFC programming beginning in 2015.

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Pokémon Heroes

Pokémon Heroes (formerly titled Pokémon Heroes: The Movie) is a 2002 Japanese animated fantasy film, the fifth in the Pokémon series, the first to use digital ink and paint, the last to receive a North American theatrical release until Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, and the last to feature the main cast from the first five seasons until the CGI remake of the first Pokémon movie. Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and produced by OLM, Inc., the film stars the regular television cast of Rica Matsumoto, Yuji Ueda, Mayumi Iizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki and Ikue Ōtani. The English adaptation was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and distributed by Miramax Films and was released in the United States on May 16, 2003. The English version stars the regular television cast of Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Rachael Lillis and Maddie Blaustein. The events of the film take place during the fifth season of the Pokémon anime.

Pokémon Heroes focuses on the main characters, Ash, Misty and Brock, continuing their journey through the Johto region; the main location of the film is based on Venice, Italy. The name given to the city in the film is Alto Mare, meaning "high sea" in the Italian language. Although it is part of the group's adventure in Johto, the film takes place on an island off of the mainland.

Optimum Home Entertainment re-released the movie on DVD in the UK on May 9, 2011. StudioCanal released the film along with Pokémon 4Ever on Blu-ray in the UK as a double feature pack on April 2, 2012, just one day before Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom came out on DVD on April 3, 2012. Echo Bridge Home Entertainment released the film on Blu-ray in the United States along with Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys on May 15, 2011.

Plot
The city of Alto Mare (アルトマーレ) is protected by the dragon siblings Latias and Latios. Their father, also a Latios, is said to have saved the city from an evil Pokémon Trainer and their Kabutops and Aerodactyl whilst transforming the city's streets into canals. The citizens built the Defense Mechanism of Alto Mare (D.M.A. for short) to protect the city if necessary, but have never had to use it. The father Latios died, leaving behind the Soul Dew (こころのしずく), said to contain his own soul and can power the D.M.A.

In the present day, Team Rocket agents Annie (ザンナー) and Oakley (リオン) acquire a book detailing the history of Alto Mare, plotting to control the D.M.A. Ash, Misty, and Brock are touring by and see an invisible Latias. Annie and Oakley stalk Latias, disguised as a human girl, trying to capture her using their Espeon and Ariados. Ash and Pikachu come to the rescue, guiding Latias to safety but she vanishes when Ash's back is turned.

Visiting the museum, the trio meet the curator Lorenzo (ボンゴレ) who details Alto Mare's history, the D.M.A., and the evil trainer's fossilized Pokémon on display. Ash spots a girl, Bianca (カノン), who resembles Latias' disguise, and chases her across the city, but she does not recognize him. Latias herself appears, guiding Ash and Pikachu to a hidden garden where she and Latios live, protected by Lorenzo and Bianca, his granddaughter. While Pikachu plays with Latias and Latios, Lorenzo shows Ash the Soul Dew, unaware that Annie and Oakley's drone has infiltrated the sanctuary.

That night, Annie and Oakley sneak into the garden, successfully capturing Latios and the Soul Dew, but Latias escapes. Bianca and Lorenzo attempt to stop the thieves from using the D.M.A. but are captured, the Soul Dew and Latios are used to power the machine. Latias goes to Ash for help, with Latios' "Sight Sharing" ability allowing them to witness the events in the museum. Oakley becomes power hungry, using the D.M.A. to revive the Kabutops and Aerodactyl, and initiates a citywide lockdown to prevent interference. Ash, Pikachu, and Latias evade the lockdown, racing to the museum while being pursued by the Kabutops and Aerodactyl.

Oakley tries to drown the trio, but Latias' psychic powers cause the D.M.A. to go out of control. Reaching the museum, the trio rescue Latios and shut down the machine. However, Annie tries to take the blackened Soul Dew, which shatters, causing all of the city's water to flow out and return as a tidal wave. Latias and Latios combine their powers to stop the wave, with Latios giving his life in the process. The Kabutops and Aerodactyl are returned to their fossilized states, while Annie and Oakley remain trapped in the D.M.A..

Ash and friends find Latias, realizing Latios has died, but they share one last vision as he dies. Several days later, Ash, Misty and Brock get ready to leave Alto Mare, saying goodbye to Lorenzo, but Bianca does not appear. On their way out of the city, they spot Latias or Bianca (who has left her hat behind) on the docks. Latias/Bianca gives Ash a sketch of him and Pikachu, kisses him on the cheek, and leaves without saying a word, Ash bids her goodbye and Brock and Misty are left wondering whether the girl was Bianca or Latias.

Annie and Oakley are soon saved by authorities and sent to prison, where they go through the possessions of Lawrence III.

Japanese version
The Japanese version had a few key differences from the English version.
 * Annie and Oakley were not affiliated with Team Rocket.
 * The original Soul Dew may or may not have the soul of a Latios inside it at all. The one that appears after Latios' death still does.
 * Latios' Japanese voice was not retained in the dub, which opted to use Latias' voice clips instead.
 * The American version edited out the prologue where Annie and Oakley were reciting the legend of Alto Mare from the book they were about to steal. The prologue is as follows:

A long time ago, Alto Mare was just a small town. One day, an old couple walking along the beach found two unconscious children lying in the sand. They brought the children home and took care of them. But a dark cloud above Alto Mare rained down shards of darkness. Anything these shards touched became dark as well. One shard was about to hit the old couple when the children started to glow and all the shards were destroyed. The children revealed themselves as Latios and Latias. More appeared, one of them carrying the Soul Dew. Their power, combined with the Soul Dew's, shone upon the dark cloud, vanquishing it. In gratitude for their help, the two Latios and Latias gave the Soul Dew to the old couple.

Reception
Pokémon Heroes received negative reviews from critics, earning a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 17%. Desson Thomson said "This one's for kids and no one else".

Box office and release
The first three Pokémon films, Pokémon: The First Movie, Pokémon: The Movie 2000, and Pokémon 3: The Movie, were released outside of Japan by Warner Bros., but the distribution rights for Pokémon 4Ever and Pokémon Heroes were given to Miramax on April 2, 2002, by The Pokémon Company. Miramax was rumored to have bought the rights for $1 million and by giving up 75% of the profits. Harvey Weinstein stated that Miramax could "reinvigorate the franchise".

The film opened at the same time as Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones in Japan (where it had opened at number one), and failed to out-gross it. It later fell to ninth place at the Japanese box office behind Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Stuart Little 2. The film grossed US$27 million in Japan.

In North America, the film had a limited run in theaters, only opening with 196. The film completed its American run on July 10, 2003, grossing $746,381. In total, the film's worldwide gross was US$ 2002.

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"rugged mountains of the West" in North Dakota? Gene Nygaard 08:00, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * The bio on http://www.sondrenorheim.com/sondre.htm seems to be quite authorative, and does not mention anything about neither postman nor skiing in any of the mountains of the West. -- Egil

 * I think somebody confused Norheim with Snowshoe Thompson. Gene Nygaard 13:39, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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