Get Ready for Lots of Streaming Arianna With HuffPost Video Network

The latest entrant in the video-newspaper category comes from none other than Huffington Post, which unveiled plans to stream 16 hours of live video on its site daily.
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Google’s Punit Soni: We’re Not Just Playing Around When It Comes to Social Gaming

After finding out yesterday that games contribute a staggering amount to Facebook’s top line, we now know exactly how important the category is to the success of Google’s social plans.
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App Makers Craft Code for Protesting SOPA

Today, an estimated 7,000 Web sites are going dark to protest the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills. Want to institute your own blackout? There are, of course, apps for that.
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Boxee to Release Last Software Update for PCs

Boxee, maker of that irregular-shaped video-streaming device with the nifty Qwerty remote, is turning its focus toward TV boxes and tablets, and away from its PC software.
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NBC Will Stream Super Bowl Broadcast Live

A first for pro football: It will put its biggest game of the year on the Web, live, for free. The NFL says February’s NBC broadcast will also be available on Verizon phones; NBC already streams its Sunday night games on the Web. The move parallels other broadcasters’ moves to put some of their big games on the Web, most notably CBS’s broadcast of the March Madness tournament.

The Cost of Online Giving

Donating to a charity online may be costlier than you think.

The Louis C.K. Window

Louis C.K. isn’t the first performer to sell directly to his fans using the Web. But if he wants to, he can keep working with Big Media, too. Clever.
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Time to Say Goodbye to the Cable Guy: Why You’ll Buy TV on the Web in 2012

“Not if, just when in 2012″, says analyst Rich Greenfield. OK. But who? Amazon? Verizon? Wal-Mart?
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The Rise of Google, the Ascent of Facebook and the Decline of Everyone Else

Very reasonable bet: Google + Facebook will own 50 percent of the Web ad market by the end of this month.
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Jeff Bewkes Renames Netflix: It’s Not the Albanian Army, It’s a Flying Hamburger

The Time Warner CEO is happy to take Reed Hastings’ money, though.
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