AOL buys video ad platform

AOL to buy video ad platform for $405 million | Reuters: "AOL Inc said . . . it would buy Adap.tv, an electronic trading platform that helps companies advertise on video websites, for $405 million in its biggest acquisition under CEO Tim Armstrong."...

Aereo could win big in fee dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable | The Verge

TV Remains the Largest Mass Medium | MIT Technology Review

AOL vs. Netflix: The Entire Internet In One Simple Chart: "At the end of March, almost 2.7 million people still subscribed to AOL service, the company reported this morning. That’s about where Netflix stood at the end of 2004. Since then, Netflix’s subscriber base has grown — 29 million at the end of March — and AOL’s has declined at a remarkably parallel rate. But that makes perfect sense: Nothing says “dialup” more than AOL, and few services have benefited more from the growth of broadband than Netflix. (The paths cross in early 2008, just as Netflix’s streaming video service was starting to take off.)"

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