Category: Content
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Spectrum For Research and Testing – New Rules, New Issues
[Editor’s Note: Bob Primosch is a Partner with the Washington, D.C.-based, communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP] The FCC is considering rule changes that would make it easier for educational institutions, medical facilities, equipment manufacturers and others to research and test new wireless devices and services on existing spectrum. By reducing paperwork burdens, shortening…
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Net Neutrality Ruling – A Slippery Path to Internet Video Regulation?
Yesterday's FCC meeting on Net Neutrality was entertaining, given it was truly one of the more partisan events at that agency in a long time. The key question at the end of the meeting was whether the new rules will lead to market stability or uncertainty and litigation. There are some hopeful signs, such as…
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Network Neutrality Revisited: Level 3 Complaint & Comcast Response
Level 3 Communications Complains about Comcast's excess charges for video content delivery: Level 3 Communications Inc., a Broomfield, CO based Internet backbone company ("carriers carrier") complained Monday November 29th that Comcast Corp. is charging it an unfair fee for the right to send streaming video and other large data files to its subscribers. The company said it agreed to pay…
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FCC’s Multiple Front Offensive to Solve Wireless Backhaul Demands
[Editor's Note: Bob Primosch is a Partner with the Washington, D.C.-based, communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP] According to a recent report published by Cisco, online video now accounts for more than 25% of all broadband traffic. In all likelihood that number will only go up, straining the capacity of existing backhaul alternatives. The FCC thus…
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The Voice Controlled TV Remote
With $129 Android tablets soon to be on sale at the corner drugstore, the idea of what a remote control is, may soon radically change. nnovative Systems is living up to their name by showing innovative new features on their IPTV platform at this week’s TelcoTV tradeshow. One feature that I want them to demonstrate…
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Wild Rice and Fall Snow
It was chilly and snowy outside, but there were many hot ideas on how to attract customers at the Minnesota Telecom Alliance’s Video Peer Group at the Grand View Lodge in Nisswa, MN. Viodi produced a mini-version of our local content workshop as a prelude to this event. This was an opportunity for us to…