Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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MTA Public Service Award Winner – Gary Johnson
One of the best things about the MTA conference is seeing friends, old and new. One person I did not catch up with is Gary Johnson of Paul Bunyan Telephone. .He should have been there to accept his MTA Public Service Award. The irony is that the reason he was not there was the reason he…
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Alternative Video Killed the Video Store
Back in the early days of commercial Video on Demand (circa 1999), when I was with the on-demand, Application Service Provider, DemandVideo, one of the benchmarks for our success was the demise of a video store. That is, we knew that if a video store went out of business because of what we were…
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A Market-Based FCC?
The FCC released three studies regarding on the topic of licensed versus unlicensed spectrum. These could be very critical policy papers that shape the future of spectrum allocation and are important for Congress to read. Interesting timing, as their release comes during the 700 MHz bidding process. Of particular interest, is Working Report #43, which looks at the…
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Mr. IP Video
Steve Hawley has the license plate to prove that he is Mr. IP Video. I had a chance to catch up with Steve on the drive from Roslyn to the SeaTac airport last Tuesday (thanks for the ride, Steve). In addition to his role as Editor of IPTV News magazine, published by Junction, Ltd, (a must-read for…
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Tidbits from a U-verse Customer
So I am standing in the return line at a major Silicon Valley, big box retailer last night and a conversation with a late twenty-something guy, who is standing next to me, ensues. As it turns out, he is a current customer of AT&T’s U-verse IPTV service. Like my earlier video interview with uVerse customer Mark…
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The Power of Search
Bruce Degn, formerly of U.S. Telecom and currently a Principal of the Executive Crash Course, stumbled across ViodiTV a few weeks ago while performing an Internet search on something else. Bruce and Steve Sheppard have expanded on Sheppard’s well-received telecom books series (e.g. Telecom Crash Course) to include training for both the U.S and international markets. On…