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That’s the Ticket
Overnight successes rarely live up to that description. So many times in the technology world, someone will have a good idea, everyone starts talking about the possibilities of this greatest next big thing, and suddenly the hot air of hype is everywhere. Then the pinprick of inertia deflates the balloon of over-inflated expectations and yesterday’s…
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Insight on the NBP
The National Broadband Plan was the topic of a panel led by Carol Wilson at TelcoTV 2010. Catherine Moyer, OPASTCO Chairperson, contributed insightful comments to that panel on the regulatory and financial impacts of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan. In case you missed her at last week’s event, watch this interview with Moyer from OPASTCO's…
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Video for ViodiTV POD Example and Submission Form
The above is an example of a video that would be inserted into a POD of videos in the ViodiTV hotel channel. The pods typically last 30 seconds and each pod has 6 videos. A pod typically runs once per hour on the ViodiTV channel. The 30 second video typically is split into two parts:
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ViodiTV Sparks a New Idea
Here is something we are experimenting with for ViodiTV. Embedded in the above video is a QR code. Using a barcode scanner program, simply point your smart phone at the screen and you will be redirected to a web site. We have found that it works up to 4 to 5 feet with a 32",…
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Find the Tablet
Jeffrey Powers and Roger Bindl team for this interview with Sprint at 4G World demonstrating the Samsung Galaxy Tab, a 3G, Android 2.2 device that will launch November 14, 2010. In this video, a Sprint Overdrive WiFi hotspot served up wireless Internet via 4G. Although it is a cool device, integration of the 4G capability…
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Retransmit This, If You Can
The Fox-Cablevision dispute may signify when things start to change in terms of the retransmission consent/must-carry rules, so said Matt Polka of the American Cable Association at MTA’s Video Peer Group meeting in Nisswa, MN. Retransmission legislation was a catalyst for the birth of the American Cable Association some 18 years ago. He pointed out…
