John Rose, president of OPASTCO, felt that he had to, “Walk the walk,” and show by example the sort of world that is available today to the customers of the Telcos. With the help of his son-in-law, Rose created a home entertainment and communications network that allowed him to cut the cord from all but his broadband provider.
While not for the technical-neophyte, Rose’s idea of getting services via over the top methods will be commonplace in the not-too-distant future. Watch this video to see John’s suggestion for how a Telco can simplify the Over the Top experience for the customer and return to a world where a telco is involved in the sale and service of CPE.
Roger Bindl reports on interesting under-tone or evolving trends with IPTV. Coverage includes Mark Carpenter of Pannaway, with revenue generating ideas that kick off this tone. Kurt Scherf, Parks Associates, explains how his workshop expanded on integration of over-the-top (OTT). Edward Lichty of Vudu gives the perspective of an OTT service provider. Paul Scanlan, MobiTV, expands on this idea of video over the top. Steve Tanter, NDS, provides an example of a whole home network application and Marty Roberts of thePlatform wraps up with thoughts on advertising.
Video and Television over the Internet are accelerating faster than Kurzweil’s Law – a bit faster than Moore’s Law I think. This review demonstrates another service for VOD over the Internet and to the television. It keeps getting better when you compared to my earlier reviews on a similar service. Take a look at this video to learn about Vudu’s Television VOD (Video on Demand) over the Internet. Also see Part 1 of Series.
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Produced by Roger Bindl, the video includes Ken Pyle’s interview at RIITA with Steve Senne from Finley Engineering on over-the-top video and television. The video is also highlighted with examples including Roger’s television watching habits, and concludes with trend offering possibilities.
This is part of a series on over-the-top. The next one will be on Vudu with over 5,100 movies on-line; a major advance in VOD over the net. It’s real time now.
