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Promoting & Paving the Way to Greater Energy Efficiency
Helping utilities and their customers improve energy efficiency is what Rory Jones of yoUtilBill describes of their outreach and the tool that they have. He explains that their software helps customers prioritize energy investments. This can lead to thousands of dollars in savings for those customers in the top 20% of electricity users. [ViodiTV coverage…
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Be More Nimble and More Local
Retransmission consent, programming costs and the terms and conditions under which his company must operate were among the biggest concerns of Robert Gessner of Massillon Cable TV at last week’s ACA Summit. In this video interview, he explains the importance of independents working together to negotiate with the large media suppliers. He points out that the…
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The Sleepy & Instant On Set-Top
“Lite sleep” and “Deep Sleep” are two of the power-reduction initiatives that Cable Labs is actively pursuing to reduce the power consumption, explains Ralph Brown, CTO of Cable Labs. Being more efficient, without sacrificing performance and not sacrificing user-experience is their goal. With a stated aim that 90% of the set-tops purchased by the end of 2013 be…
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Cost/Benefit Analysis of Regulations
“Campaigning and politics has become a huge industry and what sounds great during the campaign is different than how you govern,” said Senator Mark Pryor [D-AR]. At the ACA 2012 Summit, he suggested that “We need a new paradigm [in Washington politics].” The problems in Washington are fixable, but politicians must, “Be willing to come…
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Retransmit This and More……
Retransmission consent was top of mind at the 2012 ACA Summit in Washington D.C., as ViodiTV captured various operator perspectives on this controversial topic. We also heard from the folks from the U.S. and Canada who aggregate content for smaller, rural operators. This brief video provides highlights of those topics and provides a glimpse of…
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The Building to Building Singularity
Will we be at the singularity when the number of building-to-building conversations is greater than the number of conversations between the people in those buildings? This is the provocative question posed by Karl Rabago of Austin Energy. Rabago describes a sort of peer-to-peer smart energy management system in this wide-ranging interview at Parks Associates’ Smart…
