Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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Some “Must-Sees” at CES
It is easy to miss something through the sea of trade show booths at the massive confab known as CES. Fortunately, Viodi has been reaching out to suppliers, filtering through press releases and working with a group of panelists to identify some cool gadgets and gizmos at this annual event. It is an honor to…
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Net Neutrality Ruling – A Slippery Path to Internet Video Regulation?
Yesterday's FCC meeting on Net Neutrality was entertaining, given it was truly one of the more partisan events at that agency in a long time. The key question at the end of the meeting was whether the new rules will lead to market stability or uncertainty and litigation. There are some hopeful signs, such as…
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Viodi View – 12/08/10
The holiday season is upon us and, fortunately, things will soon start to slow down for the rest of the year. That is, unless you are the FCC, Comcast, Level 3 or just about anyone else involved in the telecom business. With a vote slated for December 21st, the result of the FCC's meeting on…
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Sprinting to LTE
Alan Weissberger connects the dots regarding several different announcements from Sprint and Ericsson and infers that Sprint is building an LTE network. This is big news, as, to date, Sprint has relied on Clearwire and its WiMAX infrastructure for its next generation network build. Alan suggests, we may see a Sprint offering of an LTE Network…
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A Boon for IPTV Operators? – GoogleTV’s Acquisition of Widevine
Access to mainstream programming is one obvious reason Google purchased Widevine (announced on 12/3). With Widevine’s well-respected content protection system it should follow that the major TV brands will release their product in one form or another to a GoogleTV offering. With Widevine, Google could allow the content owners to set their own rules for…
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LTE vs. WiMAX: What Will the Consumer Do?
LTE vs WiMAX? Will consumers care about these TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) as they decide on a next generation wireless access plan. If today is any indication, the battle among next generation wireless networks for consumer mind share is heating up and we may find out the answer to this question in 2011. …