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- Service offers campuswide streaming to students
Tivli, a streaming-TV service offered at Harvard and Yale universities, could help younger consumers get "in the habit of having a cable subscription," writes Brian Stelter. The service, which operates as an extension of the colleges' cable TV services, allows students to stream local broadcast outlets, several dozen cable channels and university channels to devices such as laptops and tablets. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)
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- Most mobile videos aren't viewed on the go
 Stay-at-home Web surfers are responsible for almost two-thirds of all mobile video views, according to an On Device Research study. More than a third of all views occur in a room where there's another screen available, with mobile viewing peaking during TV prime time, the study found. Mobile Marketing Magazine
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- HuffPost looks to monetize comments on "Conversations" pages
The Huffington Post is experimenting with a model for organizing the thousands of comments it gets on its website that could help parent company AOL make money. Chief Technology Officer John Pavley says the site will sell dedicated ad space on its "Conversations" pages, which use algorithms to isolate important discussions. PaidContent.org
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- Digital marketers take aim at brands' TV budgets
Until now, most online ad spending has been diverted from brands' print budgets -- but the rise of online video is now letting online marketers make a play for brands' TV budgets too, says RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Mahaney. "The number of people watching TV seems to be stagnating or declining, and the number of people turning to the Internet for entertainment is surging," he says. "It almost inevitably drives these TV budgets online." Reuters
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- CEA takes DISH's side on Hopper DVR
The Consumer Electronics Association filed a "friend-of-the-court" brief in support of DISH Network in its litigation with CBS and other broadcast television networks, which accuse DISH of violating their copyrights with its Hopper digital video recorder. CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro said in a statement that "Making television easier to watch is not against the law. It is simply pro-innovation and pro-consumer." CNET
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- AT&T will get 700 MHz holdings in deal with Verizon
Verizon Wireless will sell 39 spectrum licenses in the 700 MHz B Block band to AT&T for $1.9 billion. Verizon also will acquire several Advanced Wireless Services licenses covering major cities in the Western U.S. The transaction, which requires approval by U.S. officials, will expand AT&T's footprint in 18 states. CBROnline.com (U.K.)
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