> Newton Township, Pa. supervisors are considering hiring a legal consultant to see what can be done about improving Comcast's service in its franchise area. Comcast has said that Newton and other areas could see digital upgrades in coming months but Newton supervisors say that the company has told them that local cable lines are "basically dinosaurs." Story.
> Motorola has introduced a family of on-demand services it says will deliver multimedia content and services across televisions, PCs and mobile devices as part of the "Internet Era of TV." News release.
> Cloud-based interactive TV solutions provider ActiveVideo Networks has completed an acquisition to TAG Networks, adding its network game platform to ActiveVideo's CloudTV streaming platform. News release.
> Insight Communications technicians were performing routine maintenance when they "experienced a technical problem that they had never experienced before" that caused a single frame to be frozen on each analog channel in Louisville, Southern Indiana, Lexington and parts of northern Kentucky. Story.
> A deal where Scripps Networks Interactive would purchase 69 percent of NDTV Good Times, an English language lifestyle channel in India for about $55 million has been terminated because the two "were unable to come to terms on the specifics of the transaction." Story.
> Tony Viner, president-CEO of Rogers Media, is stepping down. Viner joined Rogers in 1982. Story.
> Current Analysis' On Demand Video Server Product Assessment has ranked Concurrent as the market leader in video servers, the company said. News release.
> Cisco has joined the Zodiac Partner Program to support tru2way deployments and licensed Zodiac's tru2way software middleware and presentation engine solution. News release.