A few stories we’ve been reading here at Lost Remote over the last couple days…
– Comcast’s TV Anywhere breakthrough – Comcast is “auto-verifying” its Xfinity subscribers’ access to NBC’s streaming of the Summer Olympics, no password required.
– NBC teams with Storify – NBC News is using Storify for Olympics curation across Today.com as well as NBC’s 10 owned TV station websites.
– Roku raises $45 million – Roku gets a huge shot in the arm with big round from News Corp, BSkyB, prior Roku venture investors Menlo Ventures and Globespan Capital Partners.
– Watchitoo wants to expand into TV – The startup has pitched several networks on a device that can incorporate feeds from up to 25 webcam participants into an HD telecast.
– An interview with Aereo’s CEO: “We didn’t go around and create something foolish,” said Chet Kanojia. “We studied it carefully and created something that is highly compliant.”
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