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Watch all of the video's from ViodiTV at MTA 2009 with this player. There are 26 video's in all including an overview, awards, the centennial book and author, the celebration, associate members, keynote and featured speakers, the museum, the model, and more.
ViodiTV at MTA was sponsored and brought to you by The MTA Associate Members, and HEM Productions.
This video was produced by Viodi… Watch to hear about the reasons to, and benefits of attending OPASTCO’s winter conference in Kauai… from learning, to networking, and sharing with your peers and suppliers.
Oct 15
Highlights from the WSTA 2008 Fall Conference are brought to you by Martin Group. Speakers include Michael Greeson from The Diffusion Group on the evolving patterns with watching TV; Steve Collier Milsoft Utility Solutions on rapidly evolving new technologies; Katie Johnson Cronin Communications on marketing in down times; and the youth group with Scott Meyer of Innovative Systems. The conference wraps up with a show by Ventriloquist James Wedgwood. This segment on ViodiTV @ WSTA was brought to you by… 
Services, such as Caller ID on the TV and local content, that are addictive are what independent telcos need to provide if they want to gain and retain broadband subscribers. Horizon Telecom’s Ed McKell talks of these services in this brief video interview. McKell, who spoke at the IP Possibilities Conference, discusses how partnerships have helped them provide new and better services to their
Apr 9
In this brief interview given at the IP Possibilities Conference & Expo, John Rose, President of OPASTCO, talks of the concept of universal broadband. OPASTCO represents 500+ independent telecom operators, which primarily serve rural areas of the U.S. and Canada. Rose suggests that broadband is not a one-size-fits-all service and, as such, operators will have to tailor services to meet the wants of their customers.
ViodiTV at IP Possibilities 2008 is being brought to you by Entone. 
Mar 20
A recurring theme in Viodi View articles has been the idea that, “Youth are our present.” Blake Wenzel of Kulabyte, reinforces this idea. Wenzel and his cousin are the developers behind Kulabyte’s encoding technology. KulaByte is getting traction with their encoding technology, as evidenced by Wenzel’s comments in this video regarding Operation MySpace. Read on below the video.
Operation My Space, produced by the Fox property, relied on kulabyte to compress a video feed into a 480P high definition, Flash encoded broadcast. Over 2.7 million people viewed this 5-hour long, live program.
Although kulabyte’s solution can provide multiple file types, its claim to fame is they can create Flash files that are equal to or better than MPEG-4. VON TV, which provided live streaming of the VON conference over the Internet, used the kulabyte encoding solution. The VON TV generously loaned their studio for this brief interview with Blake Wenzel. The encoding rate for this particular video was 300 kb/s. Any jerkiness in the above video is because it is not being streamed.
The technology is cool, but the real interesting story is the development of the underlying software. The software came about almost as an accident. The cousins were working on a database project for a local businessperson/family friend when they ran into a roadblock. Their solution led to the encoding solution and the formation of KulaByte.
The most impressive thing is how unassuming Wenzel is. Wenzel was running the encoding station at VON TV when I met him. He correctly pointed out that a live production is a great way to learn how to improve the software. He was very helpful in capturing and editing the above video. Regardless of where kulabyte ends up, it is clear that Wenzel and his cousin are just beginning to make an impact on the technology industry.
Mar 12
The above video provides highlights of the ViodiTV coverage of MTA – the Minnesota Telecom Alliance’s 2008 Convention in Minneapolis. Viodi provided approximately 30 minutes of daily video coverage over the course of the convention that aired on cable channels within the MTA Convention’s host hotels. This video reflects the MTA Convention theme of the operators’ challenge of having to juggle competitiveness, convergence, and consolidation.
In this brief video interview after his keynote address at OPASTCO’s 2008 Winter Conference, Ben Stein laments the loss of community in present day America. He suggests that urban America can learn a lesson from rural America, as well as the armed forces regarding the importance of community.
Jan 18
In this brief video, John Rose discusses the importance of broadband to the members of OPASTCO and their customers. In his comments at the OPASTCO conference, Rose suggested that there probably would not be much near-term movement on USF and Inter-carrier Compensation policy. He emphasized the need for educating Congress on the importance of broadband to rural
He stressed that an often-overlooked aspect of broadband is that it is a moving target. That is, although OPASTCO members have done a yeoman job of bringing broadband to north of 90% of their customers, the bandwidth needs are rapidly changing. As a result, the operators’ investment in the network is never ending.
The investment in networks and back offices are huge and OPASTCO is forming strategic relationships with companies, such as Microsoft, that can help its members reduce costs and add value-added features to add value to the broadband pipe. He pointed out that OPASTCO’s customers are competing with companies in
