What’s freakier than cable TV? The Internet, of course.

Edgar Villalpando left his post as head of marketing for interactive TV vendor ActiveVideo Networks last year to form Zowwi, a startup developing what he describes as a search tool that will cull info from “millions of passionate ‘freaks’ living on the Web.”

“I saw an opportunity to reduce the noise-to-signal ratio of information on the Web,” said Villalpando, who previously also worked in marketing for HBO and DirecTV.

Time Warner Cable has griped that Netflix is seeking special access to Internet service provider networks in exchange for access to premium "Super HD" and 3D content.

Comcast wanted to be sure Motorola Mobility’s Home unit stayed in the cable family.

The MSO met with Arris to offer its support for a Moto Home bid, before the equipment vendor formally made its $2.35 billion offer to Google, according to Arris chairman and CEO Bob Stanzione, speaking Tuesday at the 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference.

“From the outset, when it became known that Google was thinking about divesting this asset, we received a lot of encouragement from customers -- including Comcast -- to go after it,” he said.

How closely did you track the digital madness of CES from Sin City?

Separate fact from fiction (and stranger-than-fiction) with this quiz:

1. Which of these was not a product introduced at this year’s CES?

     a. A vest that vibrates to the beat of the song you’re listening to

     b. A TV that shuts itself off if you watch too much television

     c. A wireless fork that vibrates if you eat too quickly

One of the biggest CE developments of the year that the TV industry will be watching closely won’t be coming out at the 2013 International CES.

Intel does indeed want to become your “virtual cable TV operator” in the cloud, as has been reported by several publications, including the Wall Street Journal, which first broke the story last year.