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		<title>Still No Nationwide Public Safety Network- Why Not Use LTE To Build One?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Weissberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NY TImes [1] has called attention to the lack of a U.S. public safety network, nine years after 9/11 and despite $7 billion in federal grants and other spending over the last seven years to improve the ability of public safety departments to communicate with one another. The article states that many of the issues that helped shape the current dysfunctional public safety radio networks threaten the creation of a uniform standard for wireless broadband public safety communications &#8211; the emphasis of Washington policy makers and the FCC. For years, public safety communications has been done using a raft of incompatible networks.&#160; Will that change anytime soon?&#160;Only if disagreements between the FCC and public safety agencies can be resolved. Public safety groups are associations of police departments, fire chiefs, law enforcement and first responders/ rescue agencies. With the backing of some members of Congress, they are arguing that they need to be given control of larger chunks of broadband spectrum &#8212; the airwaves on which wireless devices and radios communicate with each other &#8212; to ensure that they have adequate network capacity during emergencies. The public safety agencies want to own that spectrum outright- at least 34 MHz that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fingerprinting &#8211; More than Just Piracy Detection</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Pyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s decision by a German court that YouTube must pay compensation for user-uploaded content that violated copyright reinforces the importance that web site owners have rights to the content on their web site. This decision also points to the need to detect what content users are uploading; it is not enough to trust the word of the person who is uploading the content, at least in Germany. At the Set-Top Box 2010 conference, David Price,&#160;Vice President of Business Development for Harmonic, Inc., explained how YouTube integrated technology into Harmonic&#8217;s encoders to create audio and video fingerprints of legitimate content. YouTube then compares the fingerprint from the legitimate copy to user-uploaded files. If they match, then YouTube rejects the pirated upload. To date, fingerprinting has mostly been about fighting piracy. At least one company, Zeitera, LLC, believes that fingerprinting technologies have revenue-generating potential for content owners and should not be used solely for detecting revenue leakage. Speaking to attendees at the Set-Top 2010 conference, Dan Eakins, CEO of Zeitera, explained how fingerprinting at the consumer electronic device level could open up new ways to provide interactive applications, targeted advertising, social networking and audience measurement. The benefit to this approach is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 &#8211; A Big Year for 3D to the TV?</title>
		<link>http://viodi.com/2010/09/02/2011-3dtv/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=2011-3dtv</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Pyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2014- the year that Parks Associates predicts that 80% of the televisions sold will be 3D capable. According to Dr. Ajay Luthra of Motorola, Inc, 2011 will be a critical year in keeping the momentum going towards the widespread commercial deployment envisioned by Parks. I had a chance to catch up with Dr Luthra at the Set-Top Box 2010 conference in San Jose. Luthra explained that the ecosystem, which consists of content production, distribution and display, are aligned for significant deployments next year; significant in that they will lay the groundwork for the beginning of a lifecycle which could be in the mainstream in a few years. The big question that remains and that has to be answered by the market is consumer adoption and satisfaction with 3D TV in their living room (click here to see an earlier post on 3D and the consumer). The standards groups have made significant progress in a short period of time in terms of dealing with things such as closed captioning. For instance, the adoption of the AVC SEI standard for signaling tells the set-top whether the content is 3D or 2D and how its frames are positioned. This standardization is important, because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the New MVPD, Same as the Old MVPD</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Pyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy Toeman provided a view through the &#34;Way Back Machine&#34; as he provided an overview of interactivity through the decades at today&#8217;s STB 2010 conference in San Jose. He brings the credibility as the founder and developer of middleware software to enable the connected home in the waning years of the twentieth century. He was Vice President of Sling Media and defined the product that became synonymous with the concept of place shifting. His latest venture Stage Two Consulting, Inc. is an out-source product marketing firm helping companies design and market high-tech products and services. With his background, he brought a great deal of credibility when he suggested that interactive television has largely failed in the 2000s (think CableCARD&#160;as&#160;an example). There has been some success, such as Sling Box, TiVo and Roku. The biggest challenge is that TV works. Households have TVs on 8 hours a day, it rarely reboots, it turns on instantly and there is a great deal of content. With this as a baseline, he provided some predictions for the interactive television efforts of various players. Here were some of his predictions as to what types of companies might have success: PC + TV &#8211; no reason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gee-Touch and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Pyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just before last Christmas, I asked the question, Where&#39;s the Gee-Touch? Based on the five handheld portable products that Archos&#160;is releasing in the next couple of months, the Gee-Touch appears to becoming a commercial reality. &#160;With a $99.99, android-based media player that does email, web browsing, eBooks, 3D gaming and communicates via WiFi, Archos seems to have met my definition for what I called a Gee-Touch. At the other end of the extreme, Archos will be introducing a 10.1&#8221; android device that has features such as a web cam, high definition playback, full Flash 10, the ability to tether a 3G phone (in those cases where WiFi is not available) and a 10-hour battery life. At $299.99 to $349.99, this could give both the iPad, as well as PC Notebook&#8217;s a run for their money.&#160; Related Articles:Where&#8217;s the Gee-Touch? Watching my son and his friend tussle over a game ...Viodi View &#8211; 09/01/10 Connections, the television series from the late 1970s tied together ...Viodi View &#8211; 12/23/08 Where&#39;s the Gee-Touch? One of my family members has the ever-fashionable, ...The Virtual Living Room Although the title of iHollywood&#8217;s conference this week was, the ...Android Clicks [/caption]Friends at Motorola ...Powered by Contextual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viodi View &#8211; 09/01/10</title>
		<link>http://viodi.com/2010/09/01/viodi-view-090110/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=viodi-view-090110</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Pyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Connections, the television series from the late 1970s tied together seemingly disparate historical events and inventions and showed how history isn&#8217;t the linear progression it would seem; sort of a story of unintended consequences. As I traveled about since the previous issue of the Viodi View, I kept thinking about the unintended consequences that the National Broadband Plan, along with other regulatory action or inaction, regarding things such as the Universal Service Fund, Intercarrier Access, Net Neutrality rules, is having on private sector investment in rural telecommunications. I heard a speaker, who represents independent telcos before Congress, at a private meeting last week suggest that regulatory uncertainty is having a &#8220;chilling effect&#8221; on private investment in telecommunications in rural areas. The uncertainty surrounding the long-term implications of the regulatory environment are causing some telcos to decline stimulus funding, as they are not certain whether or not they will be able to meet the terms of the stimulus programs. One telco I talked to had to decline their award, because it was only a fraction of what they had requested, which killed the business case to bring broadband to a very rural area. 8 Points to Consider Regarding Rural Broadband Douglas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GAO Report:  Four Telcos Control U.S. Wireless Industry- Enhanced FCC Data Collection Recommended</title>
		<link>http://viodi.com/2010/08/28/gao-report-four-telcos-control-u-s-wireless-industry-enhanced-fcc-data-collection-recommended/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=gao-report-four-telcos-control-u-s-wireless-industry-enhanced-fcc-data-collection-recommended</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Weissberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that consolidation amongst wireless carriers over the past decade has resulted in just four telcos owning 90 percent of the U.S. wireless market.&#160; The big two, are, of course, AT&#38;T and Verizon Wireless (VZW) &#8211; the behemoths that produce the popular &#34;dueling commercials&#34; that try to trump one another on their network coverage. The other two wireless carriers- far behind in both subscribers and revenues- are Sprint and T-Mobile. This chokehold on the wireless market, makes it extremely difficult&#160;for small and regional&#160;wireless carriers to be competitive. Difficulties for these smaller carriers include securing subscribers, making network investments, and offering the latest wireless phones necessary to compete in this dynamic industry.&#160;&#160; While the GAO reached no firm conclusion on the causes of limited competition in the wireless sector, it lists a number of factors regularly cited by smaller carriers and consumer groups. Those include early termination fees and handset exclusivity deals such as AT&#38;T Inc.&#39;s contract with Apple Inc. to serve as the sole U.S. carrier for the iPhone. The report also cited complaints about the &#34;special access&#34; regulations that guarantee carriers access to the vital back-haul lines that connect wireless towers to broader [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ViodiTV with Pivot Media Advertising Sponsorship</title>
		<link>http://viodi.com/2010/08/27/vioditv-with-pivot-media-advertising-sponsorship/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=vioditv-with-pivot-media-advertising-sponsorship</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Bindl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Viodi is teaming up with Pivot Media to expand our media coverage and broaden the reach of ViodiTV videos. Contact Ken or Roger for more information on this new opportunity for advertising. ViodiTV has one of the most viewed and largest libraries of video interviews and reports on telecom, broadband, IPTV and related topics in the industry. ViodiTV has produced over 500 video interviews with keynote speakers, industry &#38; government leaders, plus reports on unique and interesting conferences across the country. The Fact Sheet on YouTube and Fortune 500 statisics shows that&#8230; 2 Billion YouTube videos are viewed every day 94% of AdAge&#39;s top 100 advertisers advertised on YouTube. 52% of 18-35 year olds share videos with friends and colleagues H.264 support is taking on-online video beyond PC and Mobile to the TV ViodiTV has been publishing video on-line for over 7 years &#8211; yes before YouTube existed &#8211; and has a broad understanding of using video on-line. Viodi videos are posted in ViodiTV, uploaded to BlipTV for branded and customized video players, cross posted to YouTube (uploaded) and referenced by sites across the web for great search results and recognition for advertisers. Related Articles:Better Quality YouTube Videos Some real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viodi View &#8211; 08/18/10</title>
		<link>http://viodi.com/2010/08/18/viodi-view-081810/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=viodi-view-081810</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Pyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next Sponsorship Opportunity with WSTA Fall Conference With school starting (in some cases having already started), summer feels like it is over. The tradition of Labor Day marking the end of summer has gone by the wayside in most places, with the school year being the mark against which I measure. August has become the new September and school&#39;s opening truncates vacation plans for those of us with school-age children. Fortunately, the conference circuit still adheres to a September launch with events that include, Set-Top 2010,&#160;the&#160;FTTH Council Convention&#160;and Expo,&#160;NTCA&#39;s Annual Convention&#160;and Screenplays&#8217; Magazine Media and Innovation Summit.&#160; Transitioning to an IP Association One of the few telecommunications&#8217; conferences held in the summer is OPASTCO&#8217;s Annual Convention. ViodiTV not only provided coverage at the event, we produced a video, sponsored by OmniTel Communications, highlighting OPASTCO&#8217;s transition to an IP Association. This video features leaders of OPASTCO discussing what this transition means for the association, as well as how IP and broadband are affecting their communities. &#160;Click here to view. &#160;&#160; Five 9&#39;s Reliability for Over the Top Services &#8220;The most valuable asset an independent telco has, other than their people, is their bandwidth,&#8221; said Kevin Walsh of Zeugma Systems on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Possibilities of a Comcast Theme Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Pyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, when the Comcast-NBC-Universal merger goes through, how will it affect the Universal Studios&#39; theme parks? I don&#39;t think we will see a ride based on the movie,&#160;The Cable Guy, given its subject matter and that it was a Columbia Pictures release. Maybe&#160;there&#160;will be new attractions dedicated to broadband. How about a ride that keys off the line, &#34;To Xfinity and beyond&#34;? Again, this phrase references another non-Universal movie, so we probably won&#39;t see that attraction. A ride based on the Slowskys is probably not thrilling enough for an amusement park. On second thought, maybe they could do something interesting, as they have built a clever web site around these broadband-challenged tortoises. Comcast even has an online store for hawking Slowsky-related merchandise. This is a great first step, as amusement parks are profit-making marketing engines. Fans pay admission for the privilege of shopping, seeing cross-promotional messages and spending most of their time in line. Another possible synergy between Comcast and the theme parks is data collection. &#160;Universal Studios and other major theme parks use fingerprint identification to identify season pass holders to ensure that people don&#39;t try to sneak into the park with someone else&#39;s season pass. I could see [...]]]></description>
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