Daily Links 8/24/2011: Time Warner Cable to subsidize Slingboxes for subscribers

Aging East Coast infrastructure a concern after quake (Computerworld)

Comcast's Roberts hosts President Obama on Martha's Vineyard (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Moffett Rethinks TV Sector
Top Analyst Modifies Cable, Satellite Targets (Multichannel News)

Time Warner to Subsidize Subscribers’ TV Device (New York Times)

PowerBoost: A Comcast Innovation for High-Speed Internet Users (Comcast Voices /Official Comcast Blog)

COMCAST ROLLS OUT METRO E, ADDS REGIONAL PARTNERS (Channel Partners)

Drexel U scrapping plans for 2nd campus in Calif. (AP via San Jose Mercury News)

HP: Where is it going? (Dennis Howlett/Irregular Enterprise)


AT&T’s Hyperlocal Sites Show Off Network Upgrades (TechCrunch)
One of the sites is for Philadelphia.

Fallout? Pharma & The Facebook Wall (Pixels & Pills)

The Next Tech Patent Powerhouses (Forbes)
Could Ewing, NJ-based Universal Display be the next InterDigital (or more?)

Google’s acquisition of Motorola’s TV-box business worries WPP’s Sorrell
(FT Tech Hub)

Epicor Announces Cloud Computing Solution for Distributors (Marketwire)
Complementary to Epicor's Prophet 21 product line, which is based out of Yardley, PA.



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Daily Links 7/1/2011: Comcast Shutters NBC Universal Digital Studio

Comcast exec David Cohen raises at least $1.2 million for Obama (Washington Post)

Google Inc. among those in preliminary talks to buy Hulu (LA Times: Company Town)

Comcast Shutters NBC Universal Digital Studio
Eleven Positions Affected; Third Season Of American Family Insurance Series in Limbo (Ad Age)

Providence Equity to Buy Blackboard for $1.64 Billion in Education Deal (Bloomberg)
Providence Equity was part of the consortium that lead the LBO of SunGard in 2005, and has other interests in the Education market. Its not inconceivable that Blackboard eventually could end up
being combined with SunGard Higher Education, if that makes strategic sense.

Salesforce places bets on HTML5 (ZDNet Blogs)

InterDigital Rallies Following Strong Nortel Patent Auction (Forbes: The Tech Trade)

Verizon 'Evaluating' Usage-Based Pricing for FiOS, DSL
Still Leaving the Door Open to the Idea (Broadband Reports)

TiVo $2.4B Takeover Seen After Fight With Dish (Bloomberg)

Fiserv Acquires Payments Provider CashEdge for $465 Million (Bank Systems & Technology)
Exit for Bala Cynwyd's Susquehanna Growth Equity.

D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. to Brew Up Process Automation with Integrated ERP Software (PRLog)
Implements system from Wayne-based Deacom.


LLR Partners Leads a Recapitalization of Bristol-based Strategic Distribution, Inc. (LLR Press Release)



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