Google (NSDQ: GOOG) does not expect Google TV users to cancel their cable, claimed Google VP product development Mario Queiroz in a conversation with paidContent’s Staci D. Kramer.

Angry Birds is one of the the most popular game apps, but as various offshoots develop—merchandise, TV shows, more animated movies—the big question is how to keep it popular while its brand becomes ever more extended. The man charged with developing future film projects for Angry Birds, David Maisel, executive producer of Marvel (NYSE: DIS) Studios films such as Iron Man and Thor, told paidContent mobile editor Tom Krazit that it all comes down to figuring out why people are so obsessed with the game in the first place and finding ways of replicating the overall “experience.”

We’re going to see new combinations of video games and old-fashioned board games and gambling, panelists said in “The Accelerated Evolution of Gaming Think Tank.”

It’s a wild world these days at the intersection of traditional television business models and all the new ways that people are consuming content online and across different devices. Panelists at paidContent Entertainment 2011 grappled with the implications of that shift by emphasizing the need for quality: quality metrics, quality marketing strategies, and, of course, quality shows.

Amazon’s self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing, has a rule: If you use it to publish a book, and then sell that same book on another site at a lower price, KDP retains the right to drop the price of your book in the Kindle Store too. Whether that’s fair or not, it’s in the KDP Terms and Conditions that users agree to. But what happens if Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) makes a mistake and gives away over 6,000 copies of your book for free? One self-published author found out, in a saga that is only today nearing conclusion.

Some stats out today from Nielsen for Q3 show that Android is continuing on its growth trajectory in the U.S. but in the last quarter Apple’s share remained the same as it was in Q2.

Consumers are watching more TV today than ever before, but that increased consumption is rapidly changing with the times. According to a new survey from TVGuide.com and paidContent, a good part of the growth in TV usage—among those who are avid TV watchers already—is coming via online content, time-shifting systems and the use of new devices like tablets. But it also revealed some key insights to the business models behind that growth: a lot of users are skipping ads, although a growing number (but not all) of are willing to pay for their content instead.

More turmoil this week from BlackBerry maker RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) that could not be mitigated by the news of the launch of a new distribution deal (the “4G” Torch 9810 on T-Mobile USA) or a new service (BBM Music now live). On the back of falling market share in some key regions, RIM’s declining stock price has some contemplating whether it should be broken up and sold in pieces.

The Financial Times’ digital subscriber base grew by eight percent in the period during which it pulled its iOS app off iTunes Store, as our chart shows…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has owned up to the battery life issues that have been plaguing early adopters of iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S, blaming the issue on bugs associated with the operating system. A software fix is promised soon.

In September, the Philadelphia Media Network—parent company of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com—announced a special offer: The first 5,000 subscribers to its new newspaper apps would have the chance to buy a discounted Android tablet. Six weeks in, only about half the tablets have sold. Philadelphia Media Network CEO and publisher Gregory Osberg had predicted at launch that all of the tablets would sell out within a week.

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) launched its long-awaited Livestand news-reader app Tuesday during an event at company headquarters, promising that the experience would be compelling to both readers and advertisers. It also took the wraps off a new iPad version of the IntoNow TV-companion application and shed a little more light on the technology behind its new products.

Another development in the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) versus Android patent story as the various cases work their way through the courts. Samsung has requested depositions for testimony from four key designers and inventors, including Apple’s SVP of industrial Jony Ive, as part of its defense the case that Apple has brought against it in the U.S.. This is the second time that Samsung has made the request and the deadline for this latest one is December 1, 2011, giving the named people one month to comply.

Masabi, the London-based mobile ticketing startup that has nearly cornered the market for train services in the UK, has raised more funding to the tune of $4 million to expand into the U.S. and make its service work with NFC.