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Cable companies begin web video test: Looking to protect their multi-billion dollar investments in television distribution while growing a web video presence, Time Warner and Comcast have teamed up on a technical test of “TV Anywhere.” In essence, the system checks to ensure you’re a Comcast subscriber before you can watch a Time Warner TV show on Comcast.net or Fancast.com. “It’s called playing defense,” writes Martin Peers in WSJ, explaining why he believes the plan isn’t ready for prime time. Or as Dan Frommer puts it, “How about letting subscribers watch more TV on their TVs?”

Cable companies begin web video test: Looking to protect their multi-billion dollar investments in television distribution while growing a web video presence, Time Warner and Comcast have teamed up on a technical test of “TV Anywhere.” In essence, the system checks to ensure you’re a Comcast subscriber before you can watch a Time Warner TV show on Comcast.net or Fancast.com. “It’s called playing defense,” writes Martin Peers in WSJ, explaining why he believes the plan isn’t ready for prime time.

Or as Dan Frommer puts it, “How about letting subscribers watch more TV on their TVs?”

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