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"TiVo-owned" users pay a monthly fee directly to the company.At CES, TiVo unveiled a new search feature for some of its subscribers that enables them to find high-definition video on cable and satellite networks, as well as the multitude of online video sources like Google Inc's (GOOG.O) YouTube."We are taking all forms of broadband content and aggregating those for display on the TV," he said country hoedown throwdown . "We have gotten to the point where we have about 5 million pieces of content not available on cable or satellite (that is) now available to TiVo subscribers all that remains shirts . What we have done is I think move toward "google-izing" television."Rogers says that at the show, he's aiming for more deals with cable and satellite providers from beyond the United States, who recognize that customers want to be able to get more from their TV than what is on the standard channels."Broadband television seems to be having a faster relevance (around the world) than it did here, which plays to our strength," he said august burns red merch . "It used to be that all the (operators) had to do was create a channel guide and the channels, but now their job is so much more complicated."(Editing by Tim Dobbyn) august burns red shirt . FirstEnergy's Ohio Utilities File Motion to Stay, Request for Rehearing andApplication for Fuel RecoveryAKRON, Ohio, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Citing inconsistencies withstate law and potentially serious financial consequences that could resultfrom a recent Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) ruling, FirstEnergyCorp.'s (NYSE: FE) Ohio utility companies today filed a Motion to Stay, aswell as an Application for Rehearing and an Application for a Fuel Rider, andrequested an expedited ruling from the PUCO.The PUCO ruling involved therecent tariff filing for FirstEnergy's Ohio utility companies, which includedtariffs that would have continued current rate plans in accordance withAmended Substitute Senate Bill 221 (Am Sub. SB 221), Ohio's new electricityrestructuring law.If accepted, the Motion to Stay would permit the Ohio utility companies --Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison -- tocontinue charging current rates until the PUCO rules on pending filings.Revenue collected above what was outlined in the PUCO order would be used toreduce future customer costs, and not to create additional financial benefitto the companies.The companies have not had a base distribution rateincrease since the early- to mid-1990s.The companies believe that the PUCO's ruling in the tariff case wasinconsistent with Am Sub.

SB 221 because it failed to recognize that, absenta new rate plan, current tariffs should remain in effect.Instead the PUCOselected certain rate components to remain in effect while disallowing others.Because the Ohio utility companies are incurring wholesale generationcosts at an average price that is above the generation price reflected incustomer bills, the ruling further widens the gap between the companies'expenses and the revenues they are authorized to collect.In the Fuel Rider filing, the Ohio companies requested an adjustment torecover the difference between fuel costs -- including purchased power,energy, capacity, alternative energy and credits, uncollectible expense,applicable taxes and other expenses to provide generation service -- and thegeneration charges paid by their customers.The rider would be reconciled andupdated quarterly so that customers who do not choose alternative supplierswould pay only the actual cost of generation supply incurred by the companies.The Fuel Rider is necessary to ensure that the companies recover costsrelated to their provider-of-last-resort obligation to customers that thecompanies believe is mandated under state and federal law.Without the FuelRider, providing generation service to customers at rates that are well belowactual costs would cause the companies to incur a cash shortfall ofapproximately $2 million per day.This would require the companies to makeimmediate and severe reductions in operating and capital expenses.Thecompanies requested that the Fuel Rider remain in place until the PUCOauthorizes either an Electric Security Plan (ESP) or a Market Rate Offer(MRO), as required in Am Sub Country Throwdown . SB 221.The PUCO denied the companies' MRO filing and significantly altered theirESP.The companies withdrew their ESP application, as allowed for under Am.Sub august burns red shirts . SB 221.The companies, which do not own any electric generation, serve2.1 million customers in Ohio.Forward-Looking Statements: This news release includes forward-lookingstatements based on information currently available to management bobby flay throwdown . Suchstatements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties bobby throwdown .

These statementsinclude declarations regarding management's intents, beliefs and currentexpectations.These statements typically contain, but are not limited to, theterms "anticipate," "potential," "expect," "believe," "estimate" and similarwords.Forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions, known andunknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results,performance or achievements to be materially different from any futureresults, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.Actual results may differ materially due to the speed andnature of increased competition in the electric utility industry andlegislative and regulatory changes affecting how generation rates will bedetermined following the expiration of existing rate plans in Ohio andPennsylvania, the impact of the PUCO's regulatory process on the OhioCompanies associated with the Electric Security Plan and Market Rate Offerfilings, including any resultant mechanism under which rates charged to retailcustomers may not fully recover the costs of energy supply (including, but notlimited to, Regulatory Transition Charges and fuel charges), or the outcome ofany competitive procurement process in Ohio to allow the Ohio Companies toprovide energy supply for their customers, economic or weather conditionsaffecting future sales and margins, changes in markets for energy services,changing energy and commodity market prices and availability, replacementpower costs being higher than anticipated or inadequately hedged, thecontinued ability of FirstEnergy's regulated utilities to collect transitionand other charges or to recover increased transmission costs, maintenancecosts being higher than anticipated, other legislative and regulatory changes,revised environmental requirements, including possible greenhouse gas emissionregulations, the potential impacts of the U.S . Court of Appeals' July 11, 2008decision requiring revisions to the CAIR rules and the scope of any laws,rules or regulations that may ultimately take their place, the uncertainty ofthe timing and amounts of the capital expenditures needed to, among otherthings, implement the Air Quality Compliance Plan (including that such amountscould be higher than anticipated or that certain generating units may need tobe shut down) or levels of emission reductions related to the Consent Decreeresolving the New Source Review litigation or other potential regulatoryinitiatives, adverse regulatory or legal decisions and outcomes (including,but not limited to, the revocation of necessary licenses or operating permitsand oversight) by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (including, but notlimited to, the Demand for Information issued to FENOC on May 14, 2007), thetiming and outcome of various proceedings before the PUCO (including, but notlimited to the distribution rate cases and the generation supply plan filingfor the Ohio Companies and the successful resolution of the issues remanded tothe PUCO by the Ohio Supreme Court regarding the Rate Stabilization Plan andthe Rate Certainty Plan, including the recovery of deferred fuel costs), Met-Ed's and Penelec's transmission service charge filings with the PPUC, thecontinuing availability of generating units and their ability to operate at ornear full capacity, the ability to comply with applicable state and federalreliability standards, the ability to accomplish or realize anticipatedbenefits from strategic goals (including employee workforce initiatives), theability to improve electric commodity margins and to experience growth in thedistribution business, the changing market conditions that could affect thevalue of assets held in FirstEnergy's nuclear decommissioning trusts, pensiontrusts and other trust funds, and cause FirstEnergy to make additionalcontributions sooner, or in an amount that is larger than currentlyanticipated, the ability to access the public securities and other capital andcredit markets in accordance with FirstEnergy's financing plan and the cost ofsuch capital, changes in general economic conditions affecting FirstEnergy,the state of the capital and credit markets affecting FirstEnergy, and therisks and other factors discussed from time to time in its SEC filings, andother similar factors.The foregoing review of factors should not beconstrued as exhaustive.New factors emerge from time to time, and it is notpossible for management to predict all such factors, nor assess the impact ofany such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, orcombination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from thosecontained in any forward-looking statements country dead . FirstEnergy expressly disclaimsany current intention to update any forward-looking statements containedherein as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.SOURCEFirstEnergy Corp.Media: Ellen Raines, +1-330-384-5808, Investor: Ron Seeholzer,+1-330-384-5415, both of FirstEnergy Corp. country fight . Conseco Life Insurance Company and the Florida Office of Insurance Agree toEnter DiscussionsCARMEL, Ind., Jan . 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Conseco Life InsuranceCompany (Conseco Life) today announced it has filed a Request for Hearingpreserving its rights in response to the Florida Office of InsuranceRegulation's December 22, 2008 Order to Show Cause. The company and Floridaalso have agreed to enter discussions regarding issues related to a group ofuniversal life insurance policies issued in Florida and identified in theorder.Universal life policies give policyholders the flexibility to vary theirpremium payments and still maintain insurance coverage.Due to anadministrative platform issue at Conseco Life, some policyholders, over aperiod of years, paid lower premiums, or no premiums, because they did notreceive notice that additional premiums were due.No policyholder receiveddiminished benefits under their contract because of the company's error.Conseco Life brought this issue to the attention of regulators, is workingto correct it, and, with the concurrence of the Indiana Department ofInsurance, Conseco Life's home-state regulator, has implemented a 90-daynationwide moratorium on further action on these policies.All Lifetrendpolicyholders in Florida and elsewhere have been notified and will continue toreceive the full benefits of their policies while discussions continue.Conseco, Inc.'s insurance companies help protect working American familiesand seniors from financial adversity: Medicare supplement, long-term care,cancer, heart/stroke and accident policies protect people against majorunplanned expenses; annuities and life insurance products help people plan fortheir financial futures. For more information, visit Conseco's web site at .SOURCEConseco Life Insurance CompanyNews Media: Tony Zehnder, EVP, Corporate Communications, +1-312-396-7086,Investors: Scott Galovic, Senior Director, Investor Relations,+1-317-817-3228, both of Conseco Life Insurance Company.