A group including Hollywood studios and technology and cable companies is close to approving technical specifications for an online library where consumers can store and retrieve movies and TV shows. The service, to be called UltraViolet, would let consumers buy and access the material through smartphones, Web-connected televisions, tablet computers, PCs and game consoles...

Companies that license the UltraViolet platform would compete to manage consumers’ online libraries.

The number of Web-enabled devices that will be able to access such content will grow to 780 million units by 2014 from more than 350 million this year, according to Parks Associates, a Dallas-based researcher. 

From the article, "Studios, Tech Companies Move Closer to Universal Content Access" by Cliff Edwards  

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