Comcast, Verizon Pay TV to be added to Xbox Live: Roundup

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• Microsoft Is Said to Add Comcast, Verizon Pay TV to Xbox Live [Bloomberg]
• Comcast Testing Theme-Based Cable Packages In CT; A National First For Choice? [Hartford Courant] — Flood of interest around whether this could move to the always often requested a la carte model, which would make winners and losers of many channels.
• Comcast Working on iPad TV Streaming Service Called AnyPlay [Mac Rumors] — H/T PTN
• Comcast: Not Just Bigger — Better [Multichannel News] — Named the news site’s 2011 Operator of the year
• NBCUniversal Names Emilio Romano President of Telemundo [Hollywood Reporter]
• Comcast forms telecom towers unit  [Philadelphia Business Journal] — “Comcast Corp.’s venture-capital unit said Wednesday it has formed a new portfolio company to develop, own and run telecommunications towers throughout the United States.CTI Towers Inc. is based outside Boston in Franklin, Mass.,”
• A tour of the ultimate techie home, courtesy of Comcast [Philadelphia Business Journal] — A technology decked out Haverford mansion in partnership with Philadelphia magazine’s Design Home