Happy Friday, cable gang. Today's roundup goes abroad, from a look at the online video traffic spurred by unrest in Egypt to China's version of YouTube Inc. raising boatloads of cash.
We wonder how many DirecTV Group Inc. (NYSE: DTV) and Dish Network LLC (Nasdaq: DISH) subs looking for news from Egypt are choosing to watch Link TV's distribution of Al Jazeera English versus reports from CNN, Fox News and MSNBC.
Offering a target for broadband ISPs looking to grow subscribers, 32 percent of U.S. Web surfers say they mooch Wi-Fi connections from their neighbors. (See Comcast Whips Up More WiFi .)
TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO)'s new site that lets marketers measure how many viewers watch commercials from competing brands is worth checking out. (See TiVo to Measure OTT Video .)