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Promoting Local Content
This is part two of a panel on local content creation and distribution that I moderated at the 2011 Broadband Properties Summit. In this final question to our esteemed panel, the question of how best to promote local content. A common theme in the panelists responses was the importance in getting the community involved both…
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The Biggest Hurdle to Local Content
Local content is the killer application, but starting a local content channel is one of the most difficult tasks a communications service provider can undertake. It is such a different business than providing telecom service, that, as much as they may want to, many service providers never launch a local channel. At the 2011 Broadband…
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Side by Side Camcorder Comparison
Filmed at the Directors Guild of America, Viodi had a chance to do a side-by-side comparison of two professional camcorders. Unfortunately, we didn't realize the audio amplifier was turned off when we recorded the above video. The good news is that we will be talking about our experience with these two devices at our Local Content…
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The Local Content Roundtable at MTA
Date: October 26, 8:30 to 11:45 Location: Nisswa, MN (in conjunction with the MTA Video Peer Group Convention) Building upon Viodi’s Local Content Workshop series, the Local Content Roundtable will be a refresher of some of the latest ideas, tips and tools for producing low-cost, high-quality content. There will be plenty of ideas and examples…
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Local Content – Putting Smiles on Customers’ Faces
Local content as a way to serve the community was a common theme of a panel I moderated at the 2010 Broadband Properties Summit. As expected, Cullen McCarty of Smithville Telephone and Gary Evans of HBC provided an excellent overview of how they are helping their communities by serving up content about and by the…