Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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Hand Waving at NXTcomm 2008
ATIS produced an extremely interesting panel on television navigation at the NXTcomm 2008 conference. This panel went beyond the normal hand waving and showed the future is here in many ways. One of the most interesting applications of this panel is one where broadband could prove instrumental in providing medical rehabilitation. Francis MacDougal, CTO and co-founder of…
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Obscenity on ABC, Advertising on PBS, H.R. 6320 – Regulation of Broadband TV on the Horizon?
The inspiration for this article was a decision a few months ago by the FCC to slap a huge fine on ABC Affiliates for violating obscenity rules in airing an episode of “NYPD”. The FCC Order, although extremely descriptive about the nudity, sparked my curiosity. "………The camera shot includes a full view of her buttocks…
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Signs of the Video Times
The signs of the changing video landscape were literally signs in the case of these photos I snapped yesterday. The demise of Bradley Video, a once strong independent video store in Silicon Valley, is an indication that the traditional brick and mortar approach to renting and selling videos is quickly being substituted for other means of…
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Slightly Off the Beaten Path
I remember clear as yesterday a conversation I had with an unassuming World War II veteran sometime in the late 1990s. We were at an Atlanta steakhouse during one of the many Supercomms (e.g. the predecessor to NXTcomm) in that fair city. He explained to me how he was part of a commissioning crew on a submarine…
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Appointment for an On-Demand Webinar
Avail Media is sponsoring and hosting a webinar regarding on-demand content on Thursday, June 12th at 2 PM EDT. Avail’s acquisition of ViewNow late last year made them the only supplier of both linear and on-demand content to providers of IPTV. What makes this webinar interesting is that Avail will be sharing the stage with one of…
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The Viodi Store