A judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia awarded supplemental damages, bringing the jury verdict on behalf of San Jose-based ActiveVideo Networks against Verizon to nearly $140 Million. ?The supplemental damages follow a jury verdict for infringement of four ActiveVideo patents on technology relating to interactive television services, such as video on demand (VOD) used by Verizon’s FiOS TV.

The court found that ActiveVideo is entitled to supplemental damages in the amount of $17,422,575, prejudgment interest in the amount of $6,687,511, and post-judgment interest for Verizon’s infringement of its patents commencing on August 2, 2011, the date a $115 million judgment was entered.

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MSNBC-NBC News Split Dates Set

In a Wednesday editorial call reported on by the trades, MSNBC SVP, Newsgathering Scott Matthews outlined when the cable network will break away from NBC News as part of the Versant spinoff from NBCUniversal.

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