04/16/08
Roger and I are at NAB this week and we will have many interesting reports from this confab, particularly as it relates to telecom. If you are at NAB, stop by the Content Production Potpourri, as we will have approximately 12 demonstrations from companies that are making tools for low-cost, high quality local content productions. Click here to see the full list of speakers, which include representatives from JVC, Panasonic and Anton Bauer.
IP Possibilities 2008 Video Posts & More
The following represent some of the videos we produced while at IP Possibilities 2008. There was so much good content, that we could fill the rest of this year’s Viodi View with sound bites from this important show. The one pure text post was on the XML Workshop overview provided by MetaSwitch.
Cleaning Products - No, It’s Web 2.0 Technologies
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Insights from a 700 MHz Winner Rob Riordan, Executive Vice President of Nsight Telservices, talks about the recent 700 MHz auction and some of the implications. Nsight Telservices was a license winner in this auction. |
In this brief interview given at the IP Possibilities Conference & Expo, John Rose, President of OPASTCO, talks of the concept of universal broadband. |
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Warren Lee, President and CEO of NeoNova, explains how one cable operator gradually gets their customers to pay more for services they might not have ordered in the first place. |
“Soon the Millennials and Gen-Xers will take over,” so said telecom analyst and journalist, Gary Kim. In this brief video, Kim talks about why this shift in culture is important to service providers. |
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David Lewis of TCA , a prominent consulting firm to independent telcos, discusses the importance of broadband for an independent telco to retain its subscriber base. |
James Kovaly of Cisco gives a new prospective on the 80/20 rule… the significance of attending NTCA and OPASTCO conferences like IP Possibilities. |
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Content, Conveyance and Social Networking at WTA’s Confab in Napa
Although I was there for only a few hours, the WTA had some excellent presentations, as summarized in the following articles.
- Prospering in the Video Business
- Only in California - The Original Social Network
- Content & Conveyance
Battle of the Virtual and Actual Desktop
As discussed in a previous issue of the Viodi View, Google, Adobe and Microsoft are increasingly crowding into each other’s traditional spaces. Recent product offerings from Google and Adobe provide more evidence of this trend. Click here to read the rest of this article.
AT&T & Verizon Wireless - Underwhelming Plans for 700 MHz Spectrum by Alan Weissberger
Last night, winners of the "beachfront property" FCC 700MHz auction were finally permitted to reveal their plans for using the spectrum obtained. AT&T and Verizon won most of the licenses, spending a combined $16 billion. As anticipated, the wireless giants aim to build faster wireless broadband networks capable of delivering high-speed data, voice, video and other services. But those 4G networks won’t be available for at least three years! Click here to read the rest of this article
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Local Content Roundtable at SCTV 19 (Melrose Telephone) - May 12th, 2008
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Building upon Viodi’s Local Content Workshop series, the Local Content Roundtable will be a refresher of some of the latest ideas, tips and tools for producing low-cost, high-quality content.The Korner - Using Video to Promote Jack Rabbit; The NAB Connection
The previous issue of the Viodi View referenced Sheri Cooper and the selection of her husband as a finalist in the Children’s Category in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. To get to the finals, they had to pass through a panel of judges that included the likes of noted musicians, such as Al Jarreau and Bob Weir (Grateful Dead). In the final phase of the contest, it is about getting votes from the public; essentially it is now a popularity contest.
In the tradition of using video to promote music, the duo put together a clever, low-cost production that they have uploaded to YouTube and, through the magic of syndication, ViodiTV.
A few hours after I wrote the first draft of this post and while I was thinking of ways to to tie it a little tighter Viodi View, I ran across the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus at NAB. The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Project is related to the aforementioned contest. The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus web site describes what they do as follows:
"The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit 501(c)(3) mobile audio and HD video recording and production facility. Since 1998, the Bus has provided free hands-on programs to hundreds of high schools, colleges, Boys and Girls Clubs, music festivals, concerts, conventions and community organizations."
In addition to having John Lennon’s name behind it, any organization that has a booth at NAB that is large enough for a freight trailer and more is impressive. Good luck Sheri and Clancy.
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