Mediagazer: Beamly OnDemand is a ‘Twitter DVR’ for BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and 4OD (Martin Bryant/The Next Web)

10:20 AM ET, July 16, 2014

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Martin Bryant / The Next Web:

Beamly OnDemand is a ‘Twitter DVR’ for BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and 4OD — Beamly, the social TV startup that recently rebranded from Zeebox, has an interesting new Chrome extension out today. Beamly OnDemand works with three UK catch-up TV services and displays tweets about the shows as you watch …

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Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

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Dominic Rushe / Guardian:

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Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
No, the FCC Didn't Lose Your Net Neutrality Comment

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Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

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