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What Does Myths of the Tee have to do with Independent Telcos?
[hidepost] The Myths of the Tee video is really a “pilot” episode. The intent is to produce a series of training and, hopefully, somewhat entertaining videos for Moreland Little League, where my sons’ play and where I coach and manage teams. The idea is to put these videos on the Moreland Little League web site…
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Youth Are Our Present – Opening Comments
[note, these were the opening comments the roundtable panel Ken Pyle moderated at OPASTCO (see above video to watch the entire panel) – this post was opened up to the public in July 2011]. It is a great honor to be here today moderating this panel, Youth Are Our Present. The inspiration for this panel…
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Put Me In Coach……A Baseball Lesson for Independent Telco Producers
[hidepost] One of the biggest concerns I have heard expressed by independent telcos regarding sports programming is the fear, of some high school licensing authorities, that televising their events will “cannibalize” attendance. Largely, the cannibalization idea is probably a myth. The challenge, of course, is convincing those in control of the content that live or…
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Patent Trolls – A Brief Update on Acacia Research
Dan Rayburn of Streaming Media penned an excellent article on what some term, “patent trolls.” These companies buy intellectual property without the intent of producing something and instead extract license fees from companies who are producing something. Most of the time, it is easier and less expensive for a larger company to simply enter into…
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Sample Telco Contract
To read the rest of this post, you must be a Club Viodi member. [hidepost] This contract is an example of what one independent telco has with a local school district that allows the school district to use their network. Thank you SRT for supplying this example. Sample School Contract with School District [/hidepost]
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Local on Local
The above video was an experiment in the production of local content. The intent was to create a video in the Local Content Workshop about creating video. Melrose Telephone, the host of the May 23rd, 2007 Local Content Workshop in Melrose, Minnesota, graciously agreed to host the conference as well as help produce this two-minute…
