Wielding a black Magic Marker, he charted the big bang of channel expansion and audience fragmentation that has propelled television history so far, from the age of the three networks, each with a mass audience, to the hundreds of cable channels, each serving a niche audience twenty-four-hour news, food, sports, weather, music and on to the dawning age of Internet video, bringing channels by the tens of thousands.

NEWYORKER: Streaming Dreams

And by Aug. 21 the Internet access firms serving the 20 sick PCs, including those of Time Warner Cable and Sprint, shut off their Internet links.

FORBES: Criminal Outbreak

As of June 30, 2010, Videotron was serving 1, 781, 500 cable television customers, including 1, 142, 000 subscribers to its digital service.

ENGADGET: Videotron's 120Mbps broadband is Canada's fastest, now available in Quebec City