Cable firms take on Web, each other with online video

Cable companies are jumping into Web video -- which could set the stage for a new era of intraindustry competition in which cable companies will serve their own customers via TV, while trying to serve rivals' customers via the Web. Comcast is at the fore of the movement, buying new technology and acquiring broadband rights to content, while Time Warner has begun routing Internet content to subscribers' TVs.

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