Here's a rundown of what's happenin' in cable country today…

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) says it now offers more than 24,000 video-on-demand (VoD) titles each month, with 15,000 available for free to all FiOS TV subs and 3,800 in hi-def format. The additions put Verizon's VoD service in the same league as Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK)'s, which currently tops out at about 25,000 titles. (See Comcast's 'Project Infinity' Takes Flight .)

Cox Communications Inc. has promoted Kelly Williams to VP of wireless product and operations, a move that comes almost two months after Stephen Bye left the company to become VP of technology development at Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S). Williams, late of BellSouth/Cingular/AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), was handling the enterprise project management for Cox Wireless and was running the division's network operations team. (See What's Next for Cox Wireless? and Cox Appoints New VP of Wireless.)

With an eye on international expansion, Digitalsmiths Corp. has closed a US$12.5 million Series C round led by Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH; NYSE: TCH), extending the amount raised by the video search specialist to more than $30 million. (See Digitalsmiths Raises Bar on Video Search.)

Dish Network LLC (Nasdaq: DISH) has closed its $320 million deal to acquire the assets of bankrupt video retail chain Blockbuster Inc. (See Dish's Latest Buy Is a Blockbuster and Dish's Baffling Blockbuster.)

Suddenlink Communications is adding about 1,800 titles to its TV Everywhere menu following the launch of HBO Go and Max Go.

— Steve Donohue, Special to Light Reading Cable, and Jeff Baumgartner, Site Editor, Light Reading Cable