Thursday Morning Vid-Biz Headlines

Box in a Box Has Crush on Obama; Team behind popular “Dick in a Box” parody brings back the magic to support the fresh-faced candidate. (ABC News)

UK Networks Join Forces; BBC, ITV and Channel4 going in together on a new broadband video portal codenamed “Kangeroo” (sic). (PaidContent)

U.S. Open of Golf Online; Cory Bergman reviews NBC’s “HD” stream of the tournament featuring Tiger Woods. (Lost Remote)

Portugal Gets IPTV; New 88 channel service from Portugal Telecom, which controls 80 percent of the Portuguese broadband market. (Variety)

NBC High On iCue; New educational site will leverage NBC’s library of historical footage and on-air anchor talents. (NY Times)

Flash DRM Blocks Burns; Citing the new RealPlayer’s ability to burn flash content to disc, IndustryNext touts its enScramble “encryption.” (release)