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NCTA spins court's net neutrality decision: Stay was just a 'long shot': http://t.co/KmTr1R9Tc4
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> Portland, Ore. is rumored to be the next city to get a Google Fiber installation. Story
> An outage in Level 3's global fiber network has triggered slowdown's in Internet performance around the world. Story
> After overhauling the Universal Pictures division, Comcast suddenly has the hottest film studio in Hollywood, evidenced by the $204.6 million U.S. opening over the weekend of Jurassic World. Story
> Universal Pictures has spent $30 million on TV advertising since November to support Jurassic World, according to TV advertising tracker iSpot.tv. Story
> Chinese online media giant Alibaba plans to launch a Netflix-style SVOD service in the next few months. Story
> The NFL has named veteran digital media executive Jordan Levin chief content officer. Story
Telecom News
> Level 3 suffered a fault on its fiber network on Friday that slowed down Internet services in a number of U.S. markets and four European countries--including the UK, France, Germany and Italy. Article
European Wireless News
> Ooredoo announced its data revenues grew 40 per cent year-on-year and that income from the source now represents at least 30 per cent of its total revenues; a new company record. Article
> Alcatel-Lucent teamed with chip maker Sequans Communications to develop key technologies for an Internet of Things (IoT) prototype platform launched last week by Orange. Article
Wireless News
> HTC has rebutted the idea that it would consider a merger with larger rival Asustek Computer after Asustek left open the possibility of some kind of a deal. Article
> Sprint Chairman and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is taking a more active role in planning Sprint's network densification project according to a report from Wall Street firm Macquarie Capital. Further, analysts there think Sprint is going to embark on a plan that will be primarily focused on deploying small cells. Article
And finally… According to an analysis of BitTorrent swarms, Sunday's season finale of Game of Thrones was illegally downloaded 8 million times in eight hours, breaking digital piracy usage records. Story