Daily Links 8/1/2011: Versus to become the NBC Sports Network

Versus set to become the NBC Sports Network (USA Today)

Versus Will Fly NBC Sports Colors (Multichannel News)

With Universal, Comcast hopes to make a big splash in movies (Philadelphia Inquirer)

NBCUniversal starts to overhaul its TV studio (LA Times: Company Town)

Apple Announces A Full Assault On The Cable Box With The Streaming Of Purchased TV Shows (TechCrunch)

Rue La La launches local deals in Chicago, challenging Groupon (Chicago Tribune)
Rue La La, formerly part of GSI Commerce, is now majority-owned by former GSI Commerce founder Michael Rubin's holding company.

Windstream to Buy Paetec for $891 Million (New York Times: DealBook)

Skillshare Expands to San Francisco; Next Stop Philly (BetaBeat)

Appirio CEO talks Workday, SaaS momentum, IPO (ZDNet Blogs)

Amazon Start-Up Challenge goes global (Gigaom)



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Daily Links 9/13/2010: Post-Saridakis, pointed questions about PointRoll

Post-Saridakis, pointed questions about PointRoll (Gannett Blog)
PointRoll, based in Conshohocken, is owned by Gannett.

Drivers vote down latest contract offer from Philadelphia newspapers (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Paetec buying rival telecom Cavalier for $460M (AP via Google News)
Both Paetec and Cavalier have operations in the Philadelphia area.

Cable’s Fall Agenda in D.C.
Industry Thrust Into ‘Vortex’ of Broadband Policy Issues (Multichannel News)

Will Oracle Buy Informatica Next? (IDG via New York Times)

SAP New-Product Blitz Tomorrow (Information Week: Global CIO Blog)

Ojo Video Phone Lives! Er, Again! (Zatz Not Funny!)

Chattanooga, TN beats Google to 1Gbps—for $350 a month (Ars Technica)

Cable-TV slowly steps into stereo 3-D (EE Times)

Ex-Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz Launches Health IT Firm
Picture of Health is recruiting staff for a firm that aims to "leverage technology in pursuit of better health." (Information Week)