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A Word from Our Sponsor – An Introduction to TVS
I had the chance to catch up with Norman Gillaspie, founder of Transparent Video Systems (TVS). TVS has a digital cable solution for the small operator. In this brief video, Norman talks about TVS and how its product and company philosophy aligns with the smaller operator. To see other videos we produced for TVS, please…
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100 Jurisdictions – Without a Statewide Franchise Law
The 2007 RICA/RTG conference featured cutting-edge rural independent operators discussing their experience as competitive providers.In the case of Paul Bunyan Communications, Paul Freude discusses how this 100-year-old telco has grown by more than 250% this decade. With systems in over 100 jurisdictions, they probably have more networks implementing the little-used FCC rules for Open Video…
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ViodiTV at RICA – DVD Sponsorship Opportunity
The following video is a fun commercial highlighting ViodiTV coverage of the informative and enlightening RICA/RTG Fall Forum.The ViodiTV DVD of the RICA/RTG 2007 Fall Forum is a great opportunity to support RICA/RTG and get your company in front of their members. Contact Paula Young at meetings at ricalliance.org or 217 527 8478 to learn…
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Youth Are Our Present – The Results
The report and video, available below, provide commentary and the responses to a survey regarding communication trends among today’s American rural youth. The purpose of this survey was to understand how rural youth from OPASTCO-member (or equivalent) communities consume media and technology. Sharing of some of the results from this survey took place during the panel,…
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Regional Is the Word That You Heard
Regional is the operative word in rural economic development, according to Mark Drabenstott, Director of the RUPRI Center for Regional Competitiveness. Drabenstott gave the keynote opening speech at NECA’s Annual Conference in San Francisco. He suggested that organizing by region is imperative in today’s global economy. He suggested that we are in, “a global economics…
