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No More Horsing Around – A Fun Send Off for a Beloved Chairman
Roger Nishi of WCVT makes another memorable entrance to an OPASTCO meeting at this week’s 2008 Winter Conference in Phoenix. Nishi suggested that declining OPASTCO membership, due to consolidation, as well as the plethora of competing educational opportunities present challenges to OPASTCO. (continued below video window). He cited the web site improvements and the changes…
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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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Hulu Example – The Office: Local Ad
New Local Content Workshops Are Forming The following full-length episode of the Office is an example of what web sites can do with NBC Universal/Fox’s new online video service, Hulu. Hulu is an online video destination site, which includes current, such as the Office, and classic television series, such as the Bob Newhart show. Some interesting features…
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Ringgold Telephone at Rockin’ Local Content
The theme of the Viodi-produced reception at TelcoTV was local content by independent telcos and we were fortunate to have Terry McGregor and Kim Correll of Ringgold Telephone providing insight as to how to create local content. They emphasized the need for telcos to be resourceful and look for talent hidden in their communities and…
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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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Wiring Basics 101
As a native of the golden state of California it is difficult for me to comprehend that the ground can freeze, making it impossible to dig. A comment made at NTCA’s Key Employee Conference, reminded me of the challenge frozen ground presents to service providers that need to repair a buried drop. It is common for a…
