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Video Networks is teaming with UK government-funded community association, The Shoreditch Trust, to bring IPTV services to residents of two council estates in Shoreditch, a neighborhood in London's East End.

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Dubbed the Shoreditch Digital Bridge (SDB), the new service will provide a series of services, including a controversial a community safety channel that will allow residents to use their TV sets to monitor the housing estate's CCTV cameras, view a line-up of local residents who are considered potential troublemakers (i.e. who are the subjects of Anti-Social Behavior Orders), and receive live community safety alerts.

Via The Register and itvt.
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