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Los angeles (Reuters) - Comedian George Lopez is about to enter a world in turmoil by competing for American TV viewers against the likes of Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien with his own nightly talk show.

The Parents Television Council is blasting the increasing depictions of violence on television in a new report released by the U.S. advocacy group.

(Telecompaper) KPN wants to bring out its IPTV produce Interactieve TV on a grand scale from the second quarter of next year. At around the same time, KPN will also introduce HDTV. To this end, the Dutch operator has revised its VDSL roll-out strategy, KPN told Telecompaper. The VDSL2 equipment will not only be placed in street cabinets, where it reaches around 450,000, but also in central offices. The move will reduce the need to pull fibre from the central offices to the street cabinets, reducing quality a bit but dramatically lowering costs. With the new strategy, KPN will be able to bring VDSL2 to 80 percent of Dutch households.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's said on Thursday it was 'hard to believe' that no one in Pakistan's government knew where al Qaeda leaders were hiding, striking a new tone on a trip where Washington's credibility has come under attack.

A British man being held by Somali pirates tells a TV station by phone of the moment he and his wife were taken hostage by Somali pirates after their yacht was captured.

(Telecompaper) Sixteen firms have bought bid documents for Egypt's new telecom licences, the industry regulator said. Among the companies which have confirmed their interest are mobile operators Mobinil and Vodafone and regional operator Orascom Telecom. The head of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Amr Badawi, told Reuters that 16 firms purchased the documents but did not provide names. Vodafone Egypt CEO Hatem Dowidar said the company was excluded from participating as fixed-line incumbent Telecom Egypt is one of its shareholders. However its other shareholder Vodafone Group has bought the documents and is interested in bidding. The two licences being offered by the government are for bundled internet, fixed-line telephony and cable TV within residential compounds. Alkan Group, an Egyptian firm whose interests include communications and IT, has bought the documents and will look to join a consortium with larger players, an Alkan executive said. Egypt's Raya Holding ha

The 55-inch, 1080p UE55B7020WW LCD TV with LED edge lights looks like it's been sent from five years in the future, cramming an extraordinary amount of features into its incredibly svelte body. Its backlight-inconsistency flaw is disappointing, but its pictures are excellent otherwise

International News: Fifth Channel boss says cuts will be modest -- The head of the Russian media group that owns St. Petersburg's Fifth Channel, where workers fear that restructuring will cost them their jobs, has denied there will be mass layoffs.

Apple has inadvertently hinted at a major update for the Apple TV through an update to to its iTunes Store Terms and Conditions. The new agreement, which has shown up in iTunes 9 but isn't yet reflected on Apple's website, references an as yet unreleased Apple TV 3.0 update and says it will enable both iTunes LP and iTunes Extras, both of which so far only work on a computer. The LP standard is already known by AppleInsider to be formatted for 720p and to include HDTV metatags but hasn't had any definite migration plans until today....

Dozens of security officials have been detained in twin suicide bombings that killed about 160 people in Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi army spokesman said Thursday.