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		<title>French three-strikes law has unintended consequences</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/french-three-strikes-law-has-unintended-consequences-10506.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3 strikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hadopi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the threat of being disconnected from the internet encouraging digital pirates to change their behaviour?  ]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin Media to trial fibre-to-the-home</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/virgin-media-to-trial-fibre-to-the-home-10499.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/virgin-media-to-trial-fibre-to-the-home-10499.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FTTH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several years after it started advertising “fibre-optic broadband”, Virgin Media is actually doing it for real.]]></description>
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		<title>Profile: Researcher Jill Pitt on low income family needs for flexible net and computer deals</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/profile-researcher-jill-pitt-on-low-income-family-needs-for-flexible-net-and-computer-deals-10494.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/profile-researcher-jill-pitt-on-low-income-family-needs-for-flexible-net-and-computer-deals-10494.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Availability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Inclusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jill Pitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low income families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refurbished computers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Broadband should be marketed far more for its benefits, rather than an end in itself, and ISPs should be more creative at coming up with affordable packages which include computers.
That is the summary of Jill Pitt, researcher at Consumer Focus, a body part-funded by government which researches consumer issues. Presenting research at the House of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should broadband be a universal service?</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/should-broadband-be-a-universal-service-10487.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/should-broadband-be-a-universal-service-10487.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On 2nd March the EC opened a consultation on the future of universal service in a digital era. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fast broadband: 1GB boosts come to Bournemouth</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/fast-broadband-1gb-boosts-come-to-bournemouth-10482.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/fast-broadband-1gb-boosts-come-to-bournemouth-10482.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Speed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[100Mb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[100Mbps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1Gb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1Gbps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bournemouth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fibreband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fibrecity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H2O]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Velocity1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vispa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The fastest home and business boost speed has just been launched in Bournemouth where fibre customers are being offered a 100Mb connection with up to 10 one hour 1Gb ‘boosts’ per month.
Following fibre to the home (FTTH) work in Bournemouth last year by Fibrecity (known at the time as H2O because it lays much of its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile: AQL&#8217;s Adam Beaumont on funding fibre for SMEs through VoIP savings</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/profile-aqls-adam-beaumont-on-funding-fibre-for-smes-through-voip-savings-10479.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/profile-aqls-adam-beaumont-on-funding-fibre-for-smes-through-voip-savings-10479.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Availability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Pricing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[100Mb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[100Mbps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Beaumont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VOIP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yorkshire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yorkshire Forward]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If fibre is to reach deeper penetration and small and medium businesses, providers are going to have to start getting better at showing boards how they can pay for faster internet connections through reduced call charges.
So argues Adam Beaumont, Managing Director of AQL which has extended the fibre network it runs to support its Voice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portuguese Prime Minister promises fibre for everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/portuguese-prime-minister-promises-fibre-for-everyone-10476.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/portuguese-prime-minister-promises-fibre-for-everyone-10476.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Availability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FTTH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oni Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portugal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sonaecom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jose Socrates, Prime Minister of Portugal, has announced that he want to bring next-generation fibre networks to the whole country as quickly as possible.]]></description>
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		<title>Ofcom to conduct further research on UK broadband speeds</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/ofcom-to-conduct-further-research-on-uk-broadband-speeds-10463.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/ofcom-to-conduct-further-research-on-uk-broadband-speeds-10463.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband speeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OFCOM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SamKnows has been awarded a contract by Ofcom (the UK communications regulator) for the provision of research and data collection in relation to UK fixed-line broadband speeds delivered by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and is now looking for volunteers to join the project.
It’s been over six months since the Ofcom UK Broadband Speeds 2009 report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broadband fibre speed boost: Virgin to launch 100Mb</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/broadband-fibre-speed-boost-virgin-to-launch-100mb-10461.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/broadband-fibre-speed-boost-virgin-to-launch-100mb-10461.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Speed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[100Mb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[100Mbps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[200Mbps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coventry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OFCOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SamKnows Performance Monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Media announced this morning that it is to start rolling out a 100Mb commercial service before the end of the year. The ISP also claimed that it is extending a small trial of 200Mb connections.
Quoting figures from SamKnows’ Performance Monitoring service which, in partnership with Ofcom, measures access speeds across the country, Virgin claimed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BT broadband rolling contracts refered to Ofcom by TalkTalk</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/bt-broadband-rolling-contracts-refered-to-ofcom-by-talktalk-10458.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/bt-broadband-rolling-contracts-refered-to-ofcom-by-talktalk-10458.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OFCOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rolling contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TalkTalk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TalkTalk is calling on Ofcom to ban BT, and any other provider, from using ‘rolling contracts’ to hook customers in to long-term contracts.
BT came under heavy criticism yesterday in a Which? report for using contracts which tie consumers in to the service for 18 months and are then renewed at the end of the 18 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50p broadband tax criticised by MPs as ‘ill-directed’</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/50p-broadband-tax-criticised-by-mps-as-%e2%80%98ill-directed%e2%80%99-10453.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/50p-broadband-tax-criticised-by-mps-as-%e2%80%98ill-directed%e2%80%99-10453.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Availability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Regulation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[50p]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[50p levy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[broadband tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Innovation and Skills Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Business Innovation and Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[final third]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Next Generation Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Next Generation Fund]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Government’s plan to introduce a 50p levy on all telephone land lines has run in to heavy criticism from an all-party group of MPs.
The Business Innovation and Skills Committee has labelled the tax as “ill-directed” because it takes money from everyone to deliver a gain that not all will see. As the committee concluded:
“We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile: Silver surfer creates laptop and broadband service &#8220;for people who can&#8217;t stand computers&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/profile-silver-surfer-creates-laptop-and-broadband-service-for-people-who-cant-stand-computers-10448.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/profile-silver-surfer-creates-laptop-and-broadband-service-for-people-who-cant-stand-computers-10448.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Availability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Profiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Holmes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clevo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murphix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silver surfer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Broadband Computer Company]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A laptop that &#8216;even your granny&#8217; is supposed to be able to use and which comes with broadband and support for just under £35 per month became available today in a bid to get more silver surfers online.
Andrew Holmes, co-founder of The Broadband Computer Company claims its Alex laptop (named after Alexander Graham Bell, inventor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orange/T-Mobile tie-up set to be approved at European level</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/oranget-mobile-tie-up-set-to-be-approved-at-european-level-10438.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/oranget-mobile-tie-up-set-to-be-approved-at-european-level-10438.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1800Mhz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deutsche Telekom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France Telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[O2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spectrum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T-Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Universal Service Commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vodafone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wireless]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[European Commission seems happy but rival firms could yet put a spanner in the works.]]></description>
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		<title>FCC unveils “100 Squared” broadband plan for America</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/fcc-unveils-%e2%80%9c100-squared%e2%80%9d-broadband-plan-for-america-10430.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/fcc-unveils-%e2%80%9c100-squared%e2%80%9d-broadband-plan-for-america-10430.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Availability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has outlined one of the key goals of the National Broadband Plan – to deliver 100 Mbps connections to 100 million households.]]></description>
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		<title>Google-to-the-home: search giant plans 1 Gbps FTTH networks</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/google-to-the-home-search-giant-plans-1-gbps-ftth-networks-10412.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/google-to-the-home-search-giant-plans-1-gbps-ftth-networks-10412.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband Fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Speed]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has announced plans to offer 1 Gbps broadband at “competitive prices” to between 50,000 and 500,000 homes in the United States.]]></description>
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		<title>BT broadband fibre sharing plans reaction: Nice ducts, but where is the detail?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BT’s decision this week to open its fibre ducts to competitors has been given a cautious welcome by rivals.
However, the overriding concern is that there are no firm details from BT about how access will be given and under what terms. With the growing politicisation of fibre, for its ability to bring ‘next generation’ broadband [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BT to open up fibre ducts to rivals</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/bt-to-open-up-fibre-ducts-to-rivals-10405.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/bt-to-open-up-fibre-ducts-to-rivals-10405.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BT is to open its fibre ducts to allow third parties to roll out their own fibre networks.
In a move its Chief Executive described as ‘unlikely to be the silver bullet that will get fibre in to every home’, the broadband giant has arguable pre-empted future legislation that would have forced it to open its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darker side to the net as depression linked to web usage</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/darker-side-to-the-net-as-depression-linked-to-web-usage-10399.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/darker-side-to-the-net-as-depression-linked-to-web-usage-10399.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who spend a lot of time on the Internet are more likely to be depressed - or at least show depressive symptoms.]]></description>
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		<title>100Mbit/s for majority of UK by 2017 is a Conservative estimate</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/100mbits-for-majority-of-uk-by-2017-is-a-conservative-estimate-10394.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tories have been unveiling their digital ambitions.]]></description>
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		<title>Sky broadband growth slowing, losses narrowing and LLU complete</title>
		<link>http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/sky-broadband-growth-slowing-losses-narrowing-and-llu-complete-10390.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sky’s half yearly results show that although the ISP is outperforming arch rival TalkTalk on net new broadband additions, its rate of acceleration is showing signs of slowing.
Ironically, television seemed to dominate both ISPs’ results for the last half and last quarter of 2009. While TalkTalk publicly acknowledged its sponsorship of the X-Factor of nearly [...]]]></description>
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