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An Independent Operator Embraces MPEG4
contact Peter at peter at viodi dot com. BTC Broadband sees its role as a technology leader dedicated to providing leading edge services to its community. Aggressively pursuing that path, it has launched one of the first 100%, MPEG4-based, subscription video services in the USA. The CEO of BTC, Lynn Pike, gave the Viodi View…
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Writer’s Strike – Take 2
In this audio interview with Dave Prager, COO and co-founder of Internet Video site Revision 3, the hot topic of the Writer’s Strike is explored. Revision 3 is an upstart network of long-form content and stands to benefit from the current impasse between the mainstream studios and the WGA. Revision 3, like Viodi, can be…
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Happy Halloween from the Pyle’s Pumpkin
The user-generated content phenomenon is about niche content, where the audience size might be in the thousands, the hundreds, or the tens. The audience for this next video is probably three or four people. Still, it speaks to that audience as powerfully as any other form of communication could because it has a personal message…
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HD Overlay
An HD Overlay – that is how I would describe the SES Americom and Entone joint marketing effort of a high definition solution that promises to solve the problem of how an operator with an existing MPEG-2 system can upgrade to high definition, MPEG-4. This approach, which requires minimal headend equipment, promises capital expenditure savings of…
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Wiring Basics 101
As a native of the golden state of California it is difficult for me to comprehend that the ground can freeze, making it impossible to dig. A comment made at NTCA’s Key Employee Conference, reminded me of the challenge frozen ground presents to service providers that need to repair a buried drop. It is common for a…
