Daily Links 11/21/2011: Will SAP buy Jive?

John Malone's Liberty Interactive Keeps Options Open on HSN (Hollywood Reporter)
Liberty Interactive owns QVC, and 34% of HSN.

DirecTV Plans to Cut Back on Spending, Hiring to Prepare for Any Slowdown (Bloomberg)

Comcast goes full-footprint with Dory gateway (CED Magazine)

NBC News announces changes to technology, social media staff
(Poynter)

OVER 635,000 ADD BROADBAND IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2011
77.8 Million Get Broadband from Top Cable and Telephone Companies (Leichtman Research Group Press Release)

SAP to buy social networking company Jive? (Computerworld UK)

On the Move, in a Thriving Tech Sector (New York Times)

AT&T developing a home energy service (Gigaom)

The Smart Grid: What's our next move? (Boston Globe)
Discusses Viridity Energy of Philadelphia.