Japanese TV executives dreading Wii video service

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Japanese TV executives dreading Wii video service

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Not too long ago, we found out that Nintendo has plans to launch a video service for the Wii. This new channel is going to bring video content that is both free (via advertising) and fee-accessed. We also learned that this channel is going to be launched worldwide, ...

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