Streaming video buzz dominates today's cable roundup, including the unveiling of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL)'s long awaited subscription video play and the expansion of Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) availability to Android and Boxee devices.
Apple will get a 30 percent cut of revenue from subscription videos, magazines and newspapers sold through iTunes, but only if publishers sell the content exclusively through its app store.
Add Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) and Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) to the list of ISPs that will test their "readiness for the next-generation of Internet Protocol" on June 8 at World IPv6 Day.
Things are looking sweet across the pond lately. European cable operators saw revenue from digital video jump 17.4 percent in 2010, while broadband revenue rose 4 percent and telephony jumped 9 percent, according to Cable Europe.