VOD has come a long way from the proprietary infrastructures of the ’90s. This Communications Technology story gives a look at what’s on the horizon. Click here. ABC Wants to Put Brakes on DVRs’ Fast Forwarding Ability Ars Technica has a story about ABC talking to MSOs in regards to disabling fast-forward capabilities in DVRs so that commercials can’t be skipped. Read about it. Read all about it here. CableLabs Working on New OCAP Standard Cable Digital News’ Alan Breznick has a story on CableLabs’effort tocreate a new version of its OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP) middleware specification. For the full story, go here.

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Paramount’s Reason for Settling Trump Lawsuit

With news breaking overnight of Paramount Global’s $16 million settlement of President Trump’s “60 Minutes” lawsuit, the company couldn’t ignore the elephant in the room during its annual shareholder meeting Wednesday.

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