NYC Taxi Passengers will have NBC Content on LCDs

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Clear Channel Taxi Media, & NBC Universal announced Ta partnership to bring ad-supported content to LCD screens installed in the backseat of taxi cabs.

NY10, New York’s Taxi Entertainment Network launches in 5,000 taxis this year.

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Millenium Cab has mentioned in another thread that these screens can be turned off by passengers ...

That had better be the case -- or tips very well could be going down.

It's one thing to be confronted by an advertising-spewing machine while taking a short ride in an elevator (for which the passenger pays nothing) -- it's a whole different matter to have a screen in your face while sitting in traffic.