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Green Cable
Levi Maaia of Full Channel describes their, award-winning, GreenLink program and how they are allowing their customers to choose renewable power sources to power their respective broadband and television connections. As Maaia explains, Full Channel has a partnership with People’s Power and Light to handle the logistics of purchasing the power for its customers. For its administrative and back-office, Full Channel…
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A Huge Cloud DVR #Summit21
“We are a technology company,” said Chet Kanojia, founder and CEO of Aereo at the recent ACA Summit in Washington D.C. In the above interview, Kanojia suggests the idea that Aereo’s technology could be used by the very cable operators that, at the surface, would seemingly be competitors. Of course, this week is when the U.S. Supreme Court hears…
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The Consumer as the Constituent
Putting the customer first was the theme of comments made by Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and echoed in the above interview with Colleen Abdoulah of Chairwoman of WOW! Abdoulah points out that Eshoo’s support, along with a bipartisan sponsor group ((Goodlatte (R-Va.), Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), Steve Chabot (R-Ohio)), of H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act,…
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Enough Bandwidth for 4K at 60 Frames per Second #CES2014
Steve Venuti, president of HDMI Licensing, LLC, explains the benefits of HDMI 2.0 in this brief video filmed at CES Unveiled 2014. For those early adopters who are avid sports fans, it might be worth it to wait for an Ultra High Definition TV with the HDMI 2.0 specification. Going from HDMI 1.4 to 2.0…
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Ultra HD 4K Here Today
Ultra HD 4K video was everywhere at NAB 2014. Netflix’s launch of its House of Cards TV series in this format, which offers 4 times the definition of current high-definition programming, indicates that it is rapidly moving from camera to eyeball. Parks Associates research reinforces the idea of relatively fast consumer acceptance of Ultra HD 4K video…
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The Thin as a Tablet OTA & OTT DVR
As thin as a tablet, this Digital Video Recorder, DVR+ from Channel Master enables consumers to cut the video cord. This recently introduced device integrates over-the-air and certain over-the-top content (VUDU at launch) into a common guide. The secret to its thin profile is that a hard-drive is not included; external USB storage is required…
