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Digital Video/TV Technology

TiVo shares appear to be discounted: report (Reuters)
Reuters - TiVo Inc is trading at a compelling discount and could be a possible acquisition target by Microsoft or Google, Barron's financial newspaper reported on Sunday.
Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel (Reuters)
Reuters - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp.
Celebs suit up for DirecTV Beach Bowl (AP)

AP - Deion Sanders said he wasn't worried. Joe Montana went in with his game face on and Jordin Sparks just hoped sand did not end up in her eyes.

New version of Showyou is a Flipboard for video (Appolicious)
Appolicious - While there is no shortage of video to consume online and via mobile devices - 60 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute! - finding clips and programs most relevant to you is challenging.
Online video firm Youku sues rival Tudou: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Youku.com, China's largest online video company, filed a lawsuit against its No.1 rival, Tudou Holdings Ltd, saying it incurred losses because of claims by Tudou that Youku had misused copyrighted material, the government-run Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
Microsoft slams Google user data policy in new ads (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. slammed search rival Google Inc. with full-page newspaper ads Wednesday, saying that recent changes at Google that allow it to internally merge the data it collects on user activity across services such as YouTube and Gmail are meant to allow advertisers to better target customers.
Mel Gibson's "Get the Gringo" to debut on DirecTV (Reuters)
Reuters - Mel Gibson's next movie, "Get the Gringo," will debut on DirecTV, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, DirecTV and Gibson's Icon Productions said Tuesday.
YouTube CEO: The Future of Content Is Niche Channels (Mashable)
Mashable - The way consumers access and consume media is changing rapidly, YouTube head Salar Kamangar believes, and YouTube is evolving to accommodate it. "We're entering the third wave of media," Kamangar said during an on-stage interview with AllThingsD's Peter Kafka in Laguna Nigel, Calif., Tuesday. "The first wave was the broadcast networks. The second wave was cable networks. Now it's about giving people exactly what they want to watch today,"
Martha Stewart Considering Web-Only TV Show (Mashable)
Mashable - Martha Stewart is looking into producing web-only video programming, the TV personality and business magnate suggested on stage at AllThingsD's media conference Tuesday. Stewart's company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, is looking for new outlets for Stewart's daytime show now that her contract with the Hallmark Channel is coming to an end. The New York Times reported that the channel did not wish to renew the series, which runs its last episode in May, because of low ratings and high studio costs.
NBC to Dissect Super Bowl Ads in Post-Game Google+ Hangout (Mashable)
Mashable - When Google first rolled out Hangout video chats for Google+, part of the plan involved allowing hanger-outers to watch YouTube videos together. While many questioned the usefulness of the feature, we're now seeing what Google had in mind all along: a Super Bowl post-game Hangout where users dissect the big game's commercials. Okay, maybe it wasn't part of the Google+ Master Plan at the initial unveiling, but a Hangout based around Super Bowl ads does strike us as one of the better uses of the service's YouTube integration. Google's partnering with NBC to run the Hangout, tapping sports business reporter Darren Rovell to host.
Iran launches Spanish TV in jab at US 'dominance' (AP)

AP - Iran's president on Tuesday lauded his country's newly launched Spanish-language satellite TV channel, saying it would deal a blow to "dominance seekers" — remarks that were an apparent jab at the U.S. and the West.

NJ woman accused of streaming kid sex abuse cries (AP)
AP - A New Jersey waitress cried in court Monday as she heard a prosecutor accuse her of "extreme sexual assault" on a 5-year-old girl she was baby-sitting and of streaming video of the abuse online.
6 Ways to Give Your App a Leg Up on the Competition (Mashable)
Mashable - Paul Baldwin is the chief marketing officer of Outfit7 Inc., a subsidiary of Out Fit 7 Ltd, the leading entertainment app developer. Paul has more than 17 years of experience developing, marketing and monetizing digital entertainment content. Spend a few minutes browsing through both the Android and Apple app stores and it's easy to see the fierce competition for user attention. The number of apps has grown to more than 1 million, each vying for downloads and market share.
The Swarm: Short Horror Film Made Entirely on Phones [VIDEO] (Mashable)
Mashable - Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.
YouTube Cover Song Face-Off: Adele's 'Set Fire to the Rain' (Mashable)
Mashable - Each week, Mashable picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite. More than year after Adele's mega popular 21 came out, the album's third U.S. single -- "Set Fire to the Rain" -- claims the top spot on Billboard‘s Hot 100 this week.
Remarkable 'Joy of Books' Animation Brings Books to Life [VIRAL VIDEO] (Mashable)
Mashable - Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.
How Will Google's New Privacy Rules Affect You? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Imagine you sign up for an account on YouTube, and the next day when you go to show your kids kitten videos your YouTube page is full of links to stuff based on the "provocative," "edgy" new TV series you looked up last night on Google. Or even videos with names related to the more ... interesting things that you said to your significant other, over Gmail or Google Talk.
How to Keep Google from Finding Out Everything About You (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | When Google's new privacy policy goes into effect on March 1, "more than 60" Google websites and properties will start sharing your personal data between them. The upside of this: When you go to, say, YouTube, it might recommend videos based on that conversation you had with your friends over Gmail or Google Talk, where you talked about what movies to watch. The downside? It might show you videos based on certain other conversations, as well.
Google Privacy Policy Raises Red Flags Again (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Google has decided to unify all 60 of its services under one umbrella privacy policy. Records of searches done on Android phones, the Internet and YouTube will be combined to create ultra-personalized advertising. Users won't be able to opt out of the policy, although web browsing history settings can be changed to avert the use of web browsing statistics for advertising purposes.
Meet Beckinfield, a YouTube Show With 4,000 Actors [PICS] (Mashable)
Mashable - The make-believe town of Beckinfield is the setting for the Mad Libs-style show of the same name, which uses crowd-sourced amateur actors from all over the world who create the show's story by posting videos. Writers outline the plot and email a "town happenings" newsletter to actors each week. Each actor tells a small piece of the story in their video, adding their own flair. Related segments are linked together to create a kind of webisode that will be unique to every viewer depending on which videos they watch.