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> HBO Now launched on Amazon's Fire TV platform. Variety article
> Shomi, the streaming video service from Canadian operators Rogers and Shaw, is now available across all of Canada. Multichannel News article
> Comcast said its live-streaming app, Xfinity Share, is now available to all of its customers. Post
> Roku continues to lead streaming media device sales in the U.S. with 34 percent of units sold in 2014, according to Parks Associates. Release. Meantime, according to TDG, Internet set-top boxes (iSTBs) like Apple TV and Roku are now present in 21 percent of U.S. broadband households, up from 13 percent in early 2014. Release
> Average revenues per user are increasing among pay-TV providers. Advanced Television article
> A carriage agreement between Dish Network and the Manship Family-owned ABC affiliate WBRZ in Louisiana has expired, and the companies are reportedly negotiating a new contract. TVNewsCheck article
> Comcast combined CSN Mid-Atlantic's content into CSNMidAtlantic.com. Washington Post article
> A federal judge has re-opened a $20 billion racial discrimination lawsuit that involves Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Release
Telecom News
> CenturyLink has begun trialing a new 100 Mbps service over its existing copper network for consumer and business customers in Salt Lake City. Article
> Vonage is on the acquisition trail again, announcing that it is purchasing iCore Networks for $92 million, a deal that will enhance the service provider's growing Unified Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) service set for business customers. Article
Wireless Tech News
> AT&T is showing how serious it is about SDN, NFV and open source. Editor's Corner
Wireless News
> The launch of Google's Project Ara was delayed because phones' modules kept breaking apart. Article
> Even though LightSquared and GPS device firm Trimble have indicated that they are willing to engage in settlement talks, the wireless firm continues to spar with a group of GPS industry companies over interference testing between LightSquared's spectrum and GSP receivers. Article
And finally… YouTube Space Mumbai is coming soon. Post