Good morning, cable gang. Leading this morning's roundup, Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) subs looking to keep entertained during today's lovely wintry mix won't be using Boxee .

Boxee blamed a failure to satisfy Netflix security requirements for blowing a second target date for adding thousands of movies and TV series to its OTT service, putting it in an "awkward spot." (See Boxee Preps a New Over-the-Top Box .)

Cable guys are partly to blame for a spectrum shortage, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) told lawmakers, pointing to Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC)'s lollygagging with the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum it won at auction in 2006. (See TW Cable Has 15,000 WiMax Subs .)

Dish Network LLC (Nasdaq: DISH) is buying bankrupt DBSD North America Inc. for roughly US$1 billion. DBSD, which counted Dish as a creditor, has been developing hybrid satellite and terrestrial systems.

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is starting to get a fix on IPv6 just as the v4 base peters out, activating its first group of cable modem subs using IPv6 in a "Native Dual Stack" configuration, meaning they can access Internet content natively over both v4 and v6. (See Global IPv4 Counter Hits Zero and Where Are Comcast's IPv6 Volunteers? .)

Media buyers can use the Google TV Ads system to bid for local cable ads placed on WideOpenWest Holdings LLC (WOW) , RCN Corp. , Atlantic Broadband and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) FiOS TV under a deal Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) struck with rep firm Viamedia. (See SKY Television Boards thePlatform.)

Another "TV Everywhere" win for Comcast-owned thePlatform Inc. , which scored a deal to drive Sky TV's new "iSky" video portal/service in New Zealand. (See thePlatform Gives Content Owners More Control.)

U.K. cabler Virgin Media Inc. (Nasdaq: VMED) is trying to undercut BT Group plc (NYSE: BT; London: BTA) by boosting the downstream of its "XL" tier from 20 Mbit/s to 30 Mbit/s, and chopping the monthly price on XL from £20 ($32.21) to £18.50 ($29.80) when bundled with home phone service. However, Virgin's upgrade does include a £30 ($48.32) fee to cover the new Docsis 3.0 modem and router.

Cable ops looking to add weather info to their interactive TV lineups can expect a call from new AccuWeather VP Pascal Racheneur, who just left The Weather Channel.

— Steve Donohue, Special to Light Reading Cable