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Pace is expanding its reach with the acquisition of broadband video technology firm 2Wire for $475 million in cash. The purchase will give it access to more U.S.-based IPTV providers like AT&T, while also helping to round out its ability to provide IP-based video services. Read More »

Today on the Net: Netflix edged out Hulu in terms of overall web traffic according to comScore, admins of BitTorrent site Inerfim.ru are charged in a $1.25 billion copyright infringement suit and 3-D TV is going to be huge by 2015. Read More »

The new sci-fi series Solo, created by Jonathan Nail, has solid performances and great production value, especially given its futuristic setting. However, its uncertain tone is a clear sign of a show that’s searching for the right note to strike, and hasn’t found it yet. Read More »

With today’s news that Move Networks has laid off all its employees and is looking for a buyer, here’s a roundup of the rise and fall of the once high-flying startup, as it transitioned from making network TV watchable to selling IPTV technology to ISPs. Read More »

Today on the Net: YouTube plans to roll out skippable ads later this year, World Cup interest has led to more than 1 million downloads of the MobiTV iPhone app and Dyyno is helping its customers to drive streaming video viewing through Facebook. Read More »

Roku users could soon have access to VOD and linear programming offered by their cable TV operator, thanks to a new partnership between the set-top box maker and TV start-up Clearleap. The partnership also paves the way for Roku to work closer with pay TV… Read More »

Netflix expects its DVD-by-mail business to peak in 2013, at which point its Watch Instantly streaming service will drive growth in the company. That’s the gist of a slideshow posted on the company’s jobs site detailing its plans and the competitive outlook for its streaming business. Read More »

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Blip.tv Raises $10.1M for Web TV Distribution

Blip.tv has raised a $10.1 million round of financing aimed at rapidly growing its business for the distribution and monetization of web video shows. The funding round, which is the company’s third, was led by Canaan Partners and included existing investors Bain Capital Ventures. Read More »

Who Will Be First to Offer Live TV Over-the-Top?

With the proliferation of new connected TVs, Blu-ray players and other consumer electronics devices, the next generation of TV distributors could find themselves delivering live video broadcasts through broadband networks, which would open up a whole new market for virtual network operators to compete in. Read More »

Verizon FiOS Adds TBS, TNT for TV Everywhere

Verizon is upping the amount of premium broadband content that can be accessed by its FiOS pay TV subscribers, adding select content from Time Warner cable networks TBS and TNT on their PCs, with plans to make those videos available later on mobile devices. Read More »

Blip.tv Aims to Engage L.A. With Epic Fu‘s Steve Woolf

Online distribution site Blip.tv is aiming to engage with the local web series scene by opening an office in Los Angeles and hiring Epic Fu co-creator Steve Woolf to work directly with creators interested in using the Blip platform. Read More »

Vid-Biz: Time Warner Cable, Adap.tv, Virgin Media

Time Warner Cable Taps Microsoft Mediaroom for IPTV Test; it’s still unknown when the MSO will launch the test (possibly later this year) or how many homes will be involved, but people familiar with the project say TWC plans to apply what it learns in that… Read More »

Blip Does It All for Branded 7-Eleven Racing Series

Blip.tv is teaming up with 7-Eleven on a branded web reality series which will follow two teams as they race across the country to Indianapolis Motor Speedway while buying all their needs — including gas and food — at 7-Eleven convenience stores. Read More »

Vid-Biz: Viacom, ACTA, Google TV

Yahoo secures Premier League highlights; U.K. users will be able to watch highlights of the English Premier League on Yahoo from the start of the 2010/11 season. (Broadband TV News) Sony Said to Announce TVs With Intel Chips, Google Tools in May;Read More »

Epix Lands Dish Deal, Will Reach 30M Homes

Epix has struck its first nationwide deal with satellite TV provider Dish Network, the fledgling cable network said this morning, adding an additional 14 million homes that can sign up for its linear, VOD and broadband movie service. Epix, a joint venture between… Read More »

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