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A Great Honor
In this brief video, Ron Laudner, CEO of Iowa’s OmniTel Communications, shares the meaning of a pin he was wearing at the 2008 OPASTCO Winter Convention. As Memorial Day approaches, this brief video is a reminder of the great sacrifices the brave men and women of the armed forces have made. For more commentary on…
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Content Production Potpourri
I was proud to be with the Team Lightbulb folks in this extended panel for Telecom 2008 at NAB. We had 3 hours of cutting edge demonstrations of Local Content production tools. Thanks to Viodi's Roger Bindl, Kalona Telephone's Justyn Miller, TellyTopia's Kshitij Kumar and ZillionTV's Matt McKee for serving as panelists and helping to…
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Another VSB Solution – A-VSB, That Is
Mobile video was a major theme of NAB. There are many competing approaches, including MediaFlo, DVB-H and ICO’s Mobile Interactive Media. In this brief video interview, June Hee Lee, Ph.D & Principal Engineer, Samsung explains the approach being deployed in Korea and may become a popular way for U.S. broadcasters to extend their reach into…
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Download from the ITA
Ben Mendelson, President of the Interactive Television Alliance, provides highlights from their press breakfast at NAB 2008. He speaks of some of the direct video to consumer plays, as well the OCAP efforts of cable television operators.
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An Alternative Way to Pilot
Television networks spend $500 Million to a $1 Billion per year on pilot episodes. The rise of User Generated Content sites, such as Grouper, represent a new, lower cost way for TV networks to bubble up talent and ideas. Festivals and contests are another way for networks to find content. We met up with AJ…
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Partnering to Create Addictive Services
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…
