Today's content provider: NBCUniversal.Today's video streaming service: Amazon Prime. Yes, it's another deal putting a big media player's shows and movies on a paid digital service.

This time, Amazon Prime gets 1,000 movies and TV shows from Comcast's NBCUniversal. They include "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Gosford Park" and "Babe."

What's next? Pick one from column A -- Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, Google. Pick another from column B -- Disney/ABC, CBS, NBCUniversal, News Corp. Hit "Play." Read the whole story...

You might have thought Comcast and NBCU had already merged, but apparently there's more involved in finalizing these major takeovers than meets the eye. A federal judge has held up the proceedings, saying "I'm giving you fair notice I'm not sure I'm going to sign this."

At issue was this aspect of the deal: online-content companies that disagree with Comcast about program licensing can't appeal arbitration agreements. Read the whole story...

The BBC today launched an iPad video service called iPlayer in Western Europe, and it will come to the U.S. later this year. While some content is free, iPlayer is basically a subscription service costing 6.99 Euros a month (that's exactly $10 U.S., according to our conversion, although the writer hints that the U.S. price will be about $7.99 to compete with Hulu Plus and Netflix).

BBC Worldwide says there is already 1,500 hours of content available, and it will be adding some 100 more hours monthly. That means not only recent BBC content, but selections from its library going back 50 to 60 years. "Doctor Who" fans, for example, can choose from separate collections of episodes based on individual Doctors -- The Tennant Years, The Ecclestone Years and so on -- as well as one focused purely on episodes featuring the Daleks.

The player features downloading capability for offline viewing, and streaming via both 3G and wi-fi. In general, shows will not be added to the app until they have run on "terrestrial channels" (i.e., BBC America, PBS). And existing deals with both Netflix and iTunes will remain in effect. The complicated rights picture is why the app didn't launch today in the U.S., says a BBC Wordwide exec. Read the whole story...

New York City has approved the launch of City 24/7, a digital out-of-home network that teams smart screens with mobile apps and a web portal to deliver both daily and critical information.

Adrian J Cotterill reports that 250 units will be rolled out initially. Tom Trouchet, formerly an executive producer with NBC's "Today," is CEO of City 24/7. Read the whole story...