Udemy, a three-year-old company that delivers classes online, aims for a more practical mix of content.

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Meanwhile, a growing community of web sites, publishers, and media companies are embracing a mix of created and curated content to bring video to their pages.

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The app, which offers a mix of live and on demand content, has been around since the introduction of the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, and gets a real jump start from Magenta's new wireless threads.

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Paid-for expansion packs are also available, and represent a mix of shortcuts to in-game content (a personal space station to store spare ships, rather than part-exchanging them) and further chapters for those who have finished the story missions.

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Showcasing a mix of local news and features along with content created by reality TV producer Mark Burnett and also BBC America, the network will aim, as the Los Angeles Times reports, to capitalize on the increasing openness in entertainment industry created by the rise of digital media.

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ConnecTV uses a combination of content recognition algorithms, closed caption and a diverse mix of more than 100 data sources to drive the accuracy, relevancy and speed of synchronization with television programming.

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"Our ability to create the ideal mix of device and cloud resources has resulted in a platform that completely changes the economics of television content creation, " said David McElhatten , senior vice president, studio and services for ActiveVideo Networks.

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