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The University of California at Los Angeles on Wednesday announced that it will continue streaming copyrighted videos in online "virtual classrooms" despite legal objections from an educational media trade group. The university's decision is the latest development in a copyright dispute with the Association for Information and Media Equipment over whether it is legal for the university to convert DVDs from its libraries into a digital format that students can stream from password-protected course Web sites. UCLA considers the practice "essential," since it allows students to watch the videos on their own computers and on their own time, rather than having to gather in a classroom. Many educators at other colleges have watched the case with intent, waiting to see what implications, if any, the spat might have on their own institutions' use of streaming video.

NBC owns the U.S. rights to the Vancouver Olympics, and, for this Olympics, it has clamped down on online live streaming of events. Only hockey and curling will be shown live online, with all other events either shown live on television or held for tape-delay airing on prime time or late night television, says the industry publication Broadcasting & Cable in a story Monday. The Web site for CTV, the Canadian network with rights to the Olympics in that country, is live-streaming events, but NBC has made sure that computers with U.S. IP addresses can't log onto the CTV site.

An withering critic of NBC's decision to limit online streaming of Olympic events to curling and hockey, in what the author describes as an attempt to force viewers into traditionally measurable media.

The XBox moves into cable TV turf. What does it mean for the industry?

On demand March Madness coverage is one of the legitimate cultural viewing events that has grown on the digital platform and for workplace viewing.

Back in June , the market was flirting with the idea that Amazon was looking to acquire Netflix. Analysts largely dismissed the combination then. After all, Amazon itself is preparing for a world that is moving away from physical products like books and CDs, and is instead placing emphasis on digital delivery via the Kindle and other devices. Why would the online retailing giant want to buy a company that processed millions of scratched, misplaced, and expensive DVDs? Yesterday may mark a change in the perceptions of a Netflix-Amazon deal . In short, Netflix is becoming a lot more attractive to Amazon.