{"id":22097,"date":"2011-08-17T08:53:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T12:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=22097"},"modified":"2011-08-18T16:11:33","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T20:11:33","slug":"some-updates-on-learning-from-the-living-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/08\/17\/some-updates-on-learning-from-the-living-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Some updates on learning from the living room"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some updates on learning from the living room:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

US cable and pay TV lose another half million customers in Q2, 2011 – cord cutting continues<\/a><\/strong> — from appmarket.tv by Richard Kastelein
\nAccording to Bloomberg, the six largest publicly traded U.S. cable and Pay TV providers are to lose 580,000 customers in the second quarter of 2011 – which is the biggest such decline in history.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018TV textbooks\u2019 bring access to low-income Florida students<\/strong><\/a> — from eSchoolNews.com by Jenna Zwang
\nJacksonville officials introduce a program to raise reading scores
\nPrompted by lackluster reading scores, Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) in Jacksonville, Fla., is attempting to reach low-income students by turning students\u2019 televisions into learning centers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Time Warner cable head says company future is broadband, not TV\u00a0 <\/a>–<\/strong>– ReelSEO Video Marketing by Jeremy Scott
\nWell surprise, surprise. The chief executive of Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., says that broadband is the anchor service of the company\u2019s future, not television<\/a>. And while that may be a no-brainer for most of us observers in the industry, it\u2019s still a pretty big deal for a cable company to admit their future isn\u2019t in cable<\/strong> (emphasis DSC).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Research: Connected TV will be consumers’ portal to the Web by 2015<\/strong><\/a> — from fierceonlinevideo.com<\/p>\n

Google, Motorola deal may impact TV future<\/strong><\/a> — from bizreport.com by Kristina Knight
\nAdd another destination for online giant Google<\/span> – your living room <\/span><\/strong>(emphasis DSC)<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong> With the announcement that Google will purchase Motorola Mobility many in the space wonder what is next.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Addendum on 8\/18\/11:<\/em><\/p>\n