Category: ViodiTV

  • The Bridge Between the Cable Past & the Broadband Future – #Summit23

    The Bridge Between the Cable Past & the Broadband Future – #Summit23

    Pat Thompson has lived the future. When she was told that “Women don’t do that,” she persisted and became the first woman broker in the still nascent cable television industry. It was an improbable career change for a single mother of three from Montana who had settled in Colorado only a few years earlier with…

  • Feeling the Energy with Gary Shorman at #TIS22

    Feeling the Energy with Gary Shorman at #TIS22

    Gary Shorman, past Chair of NCTC, speaks about the energy of face-to-face interaction at the 2022 Independent Show (TIS). It is the impromptu side conversations that only happen in real life that provide a great deal of value to a conference like TIS22. This conference brings together leaders of leaders. As Shorman says, ACA Connects/NCTC…

  • “Must-Pass” Legislation Provides Opportunity on Retrans Consent

    “Must-Pass” Legislation Provides Opportunity on Retrans Consent

    Key Topics Addressed by Leading Policymakers at ACA Summit in D.C. Retransmission consent was of course a major issue covered at the 26th Annual ACA Summit in Washington, D.C. March 19 – 21. Over 350 service providers, vendors, and other industry stakeholders participated. At the opening session on March 20, ACA President Matt Polka kicked…

  • Robocalls to the Human Highlight Film

    Robocalls to the Human Highlight Film

    No one can seemingly escape those annoying robocalls, not even the Chair of the FCC, Ajit Pai. In the above interview, Pai indicates that robocalls are his agency’s top consumer protection priority as indicated by the record fines levied against violators (e.g. this $120M fine).

  • Paving the Way to an Autonomous Future

    Paving the Way to an Autonomous Future

    Apollo 11 is a distant memory in the rear view mirror of life for those old enough to remember the glory days of America’s space program. It was a privilege then to meet someone who was involved with that historic program. Space, however, was not the final frontier for Dr. Alain Kornhauser, a Princeton Professor of Operations…

  • Tonight’s ViodiTV Programming on the Hilton’s Channel 59

    Tonight’s coverage includes: An independent operator talks about his program to give his customers a green option. And, appropriately enough, from Silicon Valley we will see brain-power as the next-generation user-interface. There will also be an exclusive discussion about a new revenue opportunity that could be of great benefit to relatively small operators. & much…