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The Connected Yahoo!
How do you hide the complexity from the consumer? This question, raised by Russ Schafer, Senior Director, Global Consumer and Business Marketing (Developer, Advertiser, Channel) at Yahoo!, may be the most important one in determining the success of interactive television. He suggested that ease of use and convenience are critical to ensure customer adoption. …
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An App for That with Paul Bunyan Communications
A telco as an app developer? Leo Anderson of Paul Bunyan Communications proves that is happening in this interviewed recorded at the 2011 MTA Annual Convention. Appropriately enough, the theme of the show was, “There’s an App for that.” Anderson talks about the motivation behind the iPhone app they developed, how it works with their…
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Keeping People Healthy at Home
The video interview above, Kian Saneii of Independa, illustrates a cloud-based system that helps a person stay in their home, even as they age or fight long-term health issues. Through sensors and two-way communications, the health care giver can be remote, but with a 24-hour virtual presence. This approach of substituting technology and communications promises a…
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Back to Local
Local coverage of civic events was a justification for allocating spectrum to the broadcast industry, says Full Channel, Incorporated’s Levi Maaia. In this interview filmed at the 2011 Independent Show. Maaia suggests that broadcasters are not meeting this obligation and provides an example of how the broadcasters fell short in his area. He explains how…
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Sneak Peek of the Internet Peering Book
The technical and economic aspects surrounding Internet peering are central to a just published book by Bill Norton, also known as “Dr. Peering”. In this interview, filmed at Parks Associates’ Connections™ conference, we catch up with this former member of the founding team of Equinix and former chairman of NANOG and find out his motivation…
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Retransmission Consent 101
A government bailout for broadcasters is how retransmission consent was characterized by Matt Polka, president of the ACA, in the panel he moderated at the Independent Show. This article he penned for CED echoes the comments he made during his panel. In this brief interview after the panel, Polka provides a brief overview of retransmission…
