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Second Screen creates a 'Bambi' for multitaskers

February 22, 2011

USA Today Last November, Verizon launched its Flex View feature that lets video-on-demand customers watch movies on TV, computers and mobile devices. "Whether it's a standard or studios do it individually, where we initially purchased packaged media like Blu-ray, eventually that will migrate to digital," says Kurt Scherf, principal analyst with Parks Associates. "Will it take 10 years? I think so. But platform portability is going to define this space."

From the article "Second Screen creates a 'Bambi' for multitaskers," by Mike Snider

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