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#1   Roku Launches Windows 10 App
    Roku announced that it has launched an app for Windows 10 laptops and tablets. The app enables users to control their Roku streaming device and navigate the platforms 3,000-plus channels in landscape mode.
Why This Matters: The Roku app for Windows 10 features Cortana support as well as a new homepage with access to the users My Channels list and a Play on Roku feature that supports photos and music for display and playback on the TV.
3 Takes: MCN | CNet | Engadget

#2   Android TV Adds Netflix Support to Universal Search
    Google announced that Android users will be able to search through Netflixs library from Android TVs universal search feature.
Why This Matters: Lack of access to Netflix has been a long standing complaint from users. The absence was particularly strange as Apple and Rokus streaming devices had similar capabilities out of the box.
5 Takes: The Verge | Engadget | 9to5 Google | DTVE | Advanced Television

#3   YouTube Launches Live Mobile Streaming
    YouTube announced that it is adding a live-streaming option to its mobile app that will allow users to broadcast live video from their mobile devices with the touch of a button.
Why This Matters: The offering is initially only available to some high-profile YouTube content providers but will soon be available to all users. The introduction of the new feature comes a day after live-streaming had its moment in the sun, as House of Representatives members took to Periscope, Twitter and Facebook to transmit their sit in over gun control legislation when House Republicans pulled the plug on C-SPAN.
5 Takes: The Verge | WSJ | Adweek | Fierce Wireless | Video Ink

#4 CuriosityStream Offers Destination: Jupiter in 4K (MCN)

#5 Netflix Queues Up Video Downloads (Light Reading)

#6 Wheeler: Still Eyeing Zero Rating Plans (B&C)

#7 Les Moonves Says Over-The-Top TV Is The Future (Page Six)

#8 Net Neutrality Advocates To FCC: Put The Kibosh On Internet Freebies (CNet)

#9 Non-Sports TV Channels Score High Live Viewing Rates (Media Post)

#10 New Transactional VOD Service Offers Indie Theatricals in the Home (Home Media)

THE CHATTER
"If the price of other consumer goods rose [as fast as retransmission consent] consumers would be priced out of almost everything a dozen eggs would be nearly $350, a large coffee would be over $400 and a gallon of milk would be over $700."
Kathleen Schneider, Senior Vice President of Operations, Dish

Blog Post of The Day
CNN, Journalists' Group and Others Side With Fox Against TVEyes
By Wendy Davis, Media Post

Television monitoring service TVEyes is a "low-level plagiarist" that "imposes a huge economic impact on those who investigate and report the news," the American Society of Journalists and Authors argues in new court papers. More

The Times of London
@thetimes

A Russian minister thinks Netflix is a way for the US government to control the masses http://thetim.es/28RdVlR

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