Comcast partners with Oprah, spars with Boxee [Roundup]

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• Comcast Strikes Deal with OWN [Zacks] — “Comcast Corporation has recently entered an agreement with Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) to increase the viewership of the channel by making it available to existing Comcast subscribers”
• Big Media Tussles With Tiny Boxee Over the Future of TV [Bloomberg] — “The company is fighting a proposed Federal Communications Commission rule backed by Comcast Corp., News Corp. and Walt Disney Co. that would let cable operators encrypt the TV transmissions that are delivered to U.S. homes. “
• No, Comcast is not breaking the Internet…again [Cnet] — “Service that allows consumers to use their Xbox for viewing Comcast programming has prompted cries of imminent disaster for the Internet. But the service doesn’t violate FCC’s Open Internet rules.”
• From Google to Comcast, Tech Giants Are Shaping Your Home’s Smart Future [ReadWriteWeb]
• Are Amazon and Comcast Really Threats to Netflix? [Daily Finance]
• Reed Hastings Will Get His HBO Go as Comcast Nears Deal on Xbox [Media Decoder: New York Times] — “The (HBO Go) app, which offers all of the pay cable channel’s shows, movies, and documentaries, will be available to Comcast’s 22.3 million Xfinity subscribers via the Xbox as early as this week”
• Comcast Sizes Up All-IP Set-Top [Light Reading Cable]
• Comcast Corporation Names D’Arcy F. Rudnay Chief Communications Officer [Business Wire]
• Apple Doesn’t Need To Make the TV of the Future [Slate] — “The revolution is already here—and it’s called the Xbox.” Comcast has partnered to with Xbox around delivery
• Comcast targets Twin Cities’ mid-size businesses [Pioneer Press]