Web video moves dominate today's cable news roundup, from Roku Inc.'s Al Jazeera play to ivi Inc. gaining support for its push to distribute live broadcast signals over broadband.
DirecTV Group Inc. is playing ball. The satellite-TV giant cut a temporary extension of its retransmission consent deal with Northwest Broadcasting, ensuring that subs won’t miss Fox's Super Bowl coverage this weekend. TV Contract Disputes Heat Up.)
A study of five Boston-area families is showing that video cord-cutting isn't for everyone, as it seems "regular people" tend to get frazzled by broadband-fueled boxes from the likes of Roku and Google, and find the amount and quality of content lacking. (See Comcast CEO Dismisses Cord-Cutting Trend .)
Wonder if CNN and Time Warner Inc. will give Anderson Cooper and his crew hazard pay for taking punches in the head today while covering the protests in Egypt?
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