ViodiTV Videos About Broadband, Technology, & More
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Call Me – You Might Have to Call Again If I Live in Rural America
Trying to make a simple phone call last week presented a bit of a challenge in rural North Dakota. There was a delay – a long delay, like the kind I would have expected when making an international call some 30 years ago. There might have even been a call that wasn’t completed. I can’t…
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Fiber to the Gas Station
Selling pickaxes to miners is one way to cash in on a gold rush. In the modern-day gold rush that is the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota, existing businesses and new businesses are booming thanks to the oil drilling frenzy (some estimate 2,000 wells will be drilled this year). One of the big challenges…
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Getting the Word Out About Energy Efficiency
The dog days of summer are here and electric bills are skyrocketing for those in hot, humid climes. Helping people use their smart meters to save money during peak times is one of the challenges Sarah Bresko of PG&E discusses in this interview. She discusses their messaging campaign to get the word out and help…
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The Scoop on Rural Broadband
How much bandwidth do rural broadband customers need? That is the $4.5B question. Geoff Burke, senior director of corporate marketing for Calix, explains how much bandwidth rural customers are using, based on recent data measurements (January through March 2012) from end-points distributed throughout rural America. Burke explains that one difference between this report and their…
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2012 Viodi Content Awards- Beta
[dropshadowbox align=”right” effect=”perspective-right” width=”50%” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#DDD” ]Schedule at a Glance 8/1/12 -Sneak-Peek Content Submission 9/10-10/19 – Content Submission Window 10/24-10/26 – TelcoTV 10/26 or 10/28 – Local Content Awards & Reception 10/29 to…. Post Awards Promotions[/dropshadowbox] The Pitch The 2012 Viodi Content Awards will recognize independent communications entities that are creating content at the community…
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Multiscreen Authentication for the Small Operator
Obtaining rights to stream programming to multiple screens is one of the major issues that cable and IPTV operators face these days, as shown by the latest dust-up between DirecTV and Viacom. In this interview, filmed at the 2012 ACA Summit, NCTC president, Rich Fickle explains how his purchasing cooperative is working to include multiscreen…