Thursday Morning Vid-Biz Headlines

Cable Set-tops the Boxes to Beat, suggest analysts who are bearish on the recent proliferation of movie offerings for XBox, TiVo and Apple TV. (CNN Money)

Time Remarks on Al-Qaeda’s Web Savvy, “we fully expect Al-Qaeda to launch it’s own Blip.TV channel soon.” (Time)

BBC to Field iPlayer Complaints, promises to meet with open-source advocates incensed over Windows-only online video viewer. (The Register)

Apple and Microsoft Present Dueling Patents, with Apple planning “Bonjour”-like service for mobile device discovery and Microsoft charging for sharing between Zunes. (Electronista, Zune Scene)

Hands On With the Kangaroo TV, the portable, wireless video and data display for race and sport fans coming to bleachers near you. (ArsTechnica)