Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor

  • ViodiTV

    ViodiTV

    ViodiTV is the online presence for Viodi’s video coverage of trade show events.  Viodi has produced hundreds of hours of video from trade shows such as the MTA, CES, Parks Associates, Broadband Properties, OPASTCO, NTCA and the Media Innovation Summit.  In addition to tradeshow coverage, Viodi produces tutorial, testimonial and executive interviews and others videos…

  • Making TV Better for the Middle Class

    Making TV Better for the Middle Class

    On one extreme, there are the television cord-cutters;those people who will use broadband and/or a combination of off-air content to eliminate the need for a franchised cable or IPTV service. On the other extreme, are those people who are satisfied with the value they receive from and are willing to pay for the convenience provided…

  • Wild Rice and Fall Snow

    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…

  • FCC Looking For Tech Donations

    The FCC is looking for technology donations for their Tech Experience Center.  This is a no-brainer for technology vendors and donating their latest and greatest should be a priority.  Service providers should take a close look at this program and see how they might be able to donate tech service examples.  This might be a…

  • Viodi View – 10/27/2010

    The October 27th issue of the Viodi View includes articles on LTE standards, mobile backhaul via Ethernet, hybrid fiber/wireless solutions for serving the unserved in Vermont and discussion of today being the honeymoon period for brands that use Facebook; but they have to use it correctly, before it loses its luster among consumers.

  • A Honeymoon Period for Brands on Facebook

    Although it states the obvious, as Jeremy Toeman pointed out in a tweet this morning, an AdWeek article about the results of a recent survey of Facebook users has some good pearls of wisdom  for independent communications companies wanting to create a fan base via Facebook.     The people most likely to be supporters…