Daily Links 8/2/2012: Comcast reportedly trying to bring Spielberg back to Universal

Comcast Explores Bringing DreamWorks' Snider and Spielberg to Universal (Hollywood Reporter)

Comcast ‘accounts’ for break-even Olympics (New York Post)
More clarification on Brian Robert's breakeven comment yesterday. I think Michael Angelakis had to correct his boss; always a difficult thing to have to do. While Angelakis says Comcast will probably show a small accounting profit on the games due to the write down of rights fees, Roberts implied the games would be breakeven on a cash basis and Angelakis said that's probably not the case, as I understand him.

Comcast Sues FCC Over Tennis Channel Distribution Ruling (Bloomberg)

Time Warner Cable profit up 8 pct in 2Q (Bloomberg)
While Comcast's video subscriber losses are decreasing, Time Warner Cable's losses are increasing.

SevOne Reports 100% Growth
Q2 Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth of 100%; Q2 Year-Over-Year Bookings Increase 355% (Marketwire)

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2012 Results
Provides Update on Strategic Business Review (Business Wire)

LevelUp Pulls in Another $9M to Close $21M Round (Bostinno)
Also known as SCVNGR, which started out at DreamIt Ventures in Philly.

Eloqua Notches Modest Gains After IPO (Dow Jones Newswires)

Google Licenses Rovi’s Program Guide Patents For Its New Fiber TV Service (TechCrunch)