Here's a couple of tidbits regarding video on cell phones that, considering all the discussions I've had about it here, might be of interest:

- CBS/ABC moving forward with free ad-supported TV content

- Hulu still considering iPad launch

- Netflix on iPad? Yep, and it's not Silverlight-based, either!

I think the biggest factor is the move away from proprietary codecs like Silverlight and Flash. H264 through standard HTML5 seems to be what all the major companies (well except for Microsoft and Apple) are converging on. While there's still a lot of grumbling about how to squeeze more blood out of the consumers on the revenue side, it's clear that the iPad and the burgeoning market for cheap touch-pads and readers, are moving the cell phone industry forward... and dragging the movie & TV studios along, kicking and screaming as they predictably would.