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- Comcast has begun the practice of cutting off users who try to download files from P2P file sharing site BitTorrent, reports the blog TorrentFreak. Cable MSO and other ISPs have long limited bandwidth for heavy P2P users, but this new practice is preventing BitTorrent users from completing downloads by severing the connection between the BitTorrent client software and other peers contributing content. Comcast is utilizing an application provided by Sandvine to choke BitTorrent traffic, according to the blog.

- HBO renewed the musical-comedy series Flight of the Conchords for a second season. The number of new episodes for the half-hour series has not been determined. Additionally, HBO ordered the fifth season renewal of the comedy series Entourage, the pay network's second longest-running show.