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  • Advertising, Internet Video and Traditional CATV Distribution

    Click to Learn More About the Fall Summit Advertising is a huge element to making video viable for both online and television.  In this brief video with Erik Smith (formerly of Metacafe), we discuss the importance of advertisers and matching advertisers to content. He also briefly touches upon how Metacafe is looking for cable and telco…

  • Social Networking – The New Dialtone

    Drinking from a firehose; that is the feeling I get after attending a Parks Associates conference, particularly one of their focused seminars like the Digital Lifestyle seminar held on October 3 in Santa Clara. Read on to learn more about conference that covered everything from IPTV to home networking in the U.S, as well as…

  • A Key Conference

    In its second year, the NTCA Key Employee Conference is a bit different from so many of today’s conferences as it short on hype and long on learning practical skills. One of the distinguishing features is that it provides a variety of courses that expose industry personnel to facets of the business that they might otherwise…

  • 2 Years Later – Still Dishing on AT&T

    It’s about time, but maybe AT&T will finally heed my advice and buy Echostar/DISH TV.  It looks like the approximately $25 Billion price will be much more than the $15 to $20 Billion they could have purchased it for just 2.5 years ago.  It will be interesting to see what, if any, resistance there will…

  • Diversifying Revenues and Bridging the Digital Divide

    Brought to you by Innovative Systems Ron Laqua of Halstad Telephone talks of the importance to an independent telco of diversifying their revenue stream. In this brief video, he speaks of the impact Halstad’s fiber backbone has had in driving new revenues, as well as bringing high speed communications to communities who otherwise would be…

  • Begging for Permission to Climb Mount Umunhum…

    It may not be the highest peak in Santa Clara County, but it is definitely one of the most majestic. Recognizable by the 4-story former Air Force building, Mount Umunhum rises sharply from the southern floor of Silicon Valley. The revolving radar dish atop this mountain made a big impression on me when I was…