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Picture Phone or Picture Frame – An Exclusive ViodiTV Interview
The following video interview used an external camcorder to capture the video from Packet8’s Tango phone. The camcorder video was encoded to a WMV file, which was then converted to a Flash 9 format, as seen below. Because of these multiple conversions, the video on this page has artifacts that were not present in the…
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MyReport on MTA 2007 Annual Convention
Roger Bindl reports on the MTA 2007 Annual Convention. The overview coverage includes highlights of the breakout sessions and keynote speaker. The breakouts include IPTV, Open Source Technologies, FTTH Challenges, and Broadband as a core service. The report also highlights the keynote speaker Tom Woldum of MRM Worldwide on social networking, mobility, and video sharing…
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A Truly Independent & Sovereign Communications Company
Brought to you by Innovative Systems Another example of a telecommunications company created specifically because of the needs of its people is Gila River Telecom, outside of Phoenix, Arizona. In this video interview, Cecil Antone explains how the people of this Native American community took control of their telecommunications infrastructure some 20 years ago and…
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OEN Launches in Houston Suburb – An Audio Interview
Brought to you by Telecom @ NAB Optical Entertainment Networks made a big splash a few years ago when they announced an aggressive plan to deploy Fiber to the Home throughout the Houston metro area. OEN President and CEO, Al Estrada, an early veteran of DirecTV, discusses their strategy for rolling out service. He talks…
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ACE Promotes Industry Standards
Brought to you by Innovative Systems Standards are a real issue for the independent telco industry. ACE, the Association of Communications Engineers, has teamed up with NTCA, OPASTCO and RUS to develop new standards. We caught up with Charlie Watts, the President of ACE in this brief interview where he explains how important standards are…
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Company Culture & Its Impact on New Technology Rollout
An overlooked challenge in deploying IPTV or any other new service is company culture. New services and technologies can be challenging for an independent telco’s workforce. In this interview, Allen Hoopes, President of Silverstar Communications in Wyoming, discusses how company culture can impact the deployment of IPTV.
