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Compressing the Video Production Crash Course
This video provides an overview of the Video Production Crash Course that was held at NAB 2007 in Las Vegas. Approximately 8 hours of content was squeezed into about 6 minutes in this particular video. Speakers included Angela Abshier, Vaughn Juares, Bridget McGrath, Mark Chiolis, Tony Carrison, JR Reid, Dave Stump, John Stapsy, Rob Caldeira,…
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Verizon's Once a Century Upgrade
New Local Content Workshops Are Forming “Once a century upgrade,” is how Shawn Strickland, Verizon Communications’ Vice President of Video Solutions characterized Verizon’s FIOS network. Since FIOS is fundamentally a fiber to the home approach, Verizon is essentially replacing their existing copper. He explained that RF remains the lowest cost for distributing broadcast video and…
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A Tribute to YP Chen
Yin Pao Chen was not a particularly imposing individual. His somewhat slight build betrayed the athletic competitiveness he once had as a high school baseball player in Taiwan. He also was not one to brag about his academic achievements or his business accomplishments. He was simply a man of integrity whose bedrock adherence to principles…
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….The Rest of an Extreme Makeover Story
New Local Content Workshops Are Forming HTC was proud to be one of the sponsors of the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” for the Wilson family living in an HTC service area off of Highway 90 in Longs, South Carolina. HTC provided free wireless access for the media and spectators, wireless internet access for the builders,…
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Hybrid IP/RF Set-Top Boxes
New Local Content Workshops Are Forming This is a brief video interview recorded at NAB2007 with Jeff Vinson of NXP, the semiconductor company that was spun off from Philips. They make the guts of televisions and IP Set-tops. In this video, they show a set-top that is being used in Germany for streaming video over…
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IPTV in a Cable World
This brief interview with Fred Dawson of ScreenPlays Magazine explains his motivation for putting together a conference – 5/21 and 5/22 in New York – that focuses on the possible expansion into IPTV by Cable Television Operators.
