Despite the general drive for privatisation, the information ministry has torpedoed attempts to set up private radio and television channels.

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He has an AM radio, and was recently given a television set.

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The insole does this by communicating with a "base station, " an intermediary device between the button in the shoe and the television set, which uses a radio signal to calculate and transmit the information.

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The tool is to radio what cable set-top technology is to television, said David Frerichs, Sonicbox's co-founder, chief technical officer and vice president of marketing.

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