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  • Youth Are Our Present – Opening Comments

    [note, these were the opening comments the roundtable panel Ken Pyle moderated at OPASTCO (see above video to watch the entire panel) – this post was opened up to the public in July 2011]. It is a great honor to be here today moderating this panel, Youth Are Our Present. The inspiration for this panel…

  • Put Me In Coach……A Baseball Lesson for Independent Telco Producers

    [hidepost] One of the biggest concerns I have heard expressed by independent telcos regarding sports programming is the fear, of some high school licensing authorities, that televising their events will “cannibalize” attendance. Largely, the cannibalization idea is probably a myth. The challenge, of course, is convincing those in control of the content that live or…

  • Patent Trolls – A Brief Update on Acacia Research

    Dan Rayburn of Streaming Media penned an excellent article on what some term, “patent trolls.” These companies buy intellectual property without the intent of producing something and instead extract license fees from companies who are producing something. Most of the time, it is easier and less expensive for a larger company to simply enter into…

  • Sample Telco Contract

    To read the rest of this post, you must be a Club Viodi member. [hidepost] This contract is an example of what one independent telco has with a local school district that allows the school district to use their network. Thank you SRT for supplying this example. Sample School Contract with School District [/hidepost]

  • Classic Content

    [hidepost] Echelon Entertainment has a category of classic content that might have some gems that would add to an independent telco’s local content offering. They have committed to providing Club Viodi members with discounts on their content. The full catalog can be found at: http://www.singahe.com/classictitles.html What they are looking for are the titles that would…

  • Notice This!

    [hidepost] One of the gems mentioned in the Melrose MN, Local Content Workshop was the importance of having a “Notice Release” when filming in public. Dean Mohs, General Manager of diversiCOM/Melrose Telephone came up with a good idea in a conversation after the workshop. He suggested putting the release forms on the back of the…