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AFP – US wireless technology titan Qualcomm is rolling a new-age version of old-time broadcast television onto what analysts say is an unpredictable but inevitable mobile TV landscape.

AP – After word spread that Prince covered Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella, the tens of thousands who couldn’t be there ran to YouTube for a peek. Everyone was quickly denied ? even Radiohead.

Reuters – Redlasso, a video-sharing site for bloggers, has hired former CBS Corp Chief Executive Michael Jordan to help it smooth relations with the media industry after broadcast programmers sought to shut down its practices.

The Motley Fool – I want a nice big HDTV so badly, I can almost taste it. Gazing slack-jawed at my parents’ new LCD screen last Christmas only whetted my technolust.

PC Magazine – The final discussion at the D Conference involved FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam, who discussed broadband deployment, network neutrality, open access and more. Earlier, TiVo’s Tom Rogers talked about DVRs and the changes facing the TV market

NewsFactor – On the heels of The Netflix Player by Roku announcement and in the face of rumors about Blockbuster preparing to announce its own set-top box for streaming videos, TiVo is inking some deals of its own.

PC Magazine – The chief executive of online video network Revision3 on Thursday accused MediaDefender, an anti-P2P contractor, of taking down the company’s video-distribution operations over the Memorial Day weekend.