Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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July 1st, 2008 – Do or Die for IPTV?
The FCC finally issued an order for operators requesting waivers with regards to separable security. The 25+ operators requesting one of the waivers were given until February 17th, 2009 to move to an all-digital system. The interesting thing is that IPTV operators, although inherently all-digital, are going to have to offer a separable security solution…
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The Virtual Living Room
Although the title of iHollywood’s conference this week was, the Digital Living Room, The Virtual Living Room would have an equally good description. A common theme throughout the show was the idea of portability and that consumers want to be able to consume entertainment on their own terms; wherever they are and whatever time it is. OK,…
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Internet Video – In One Place
It’s 11 AM on Tuesday, 3/18 and I still haven’t made it to the VON conference, but it looks like the really big news is from the show’s organizer, Jeff Pulver. He has co-founded a company, Prime Time Rewind, with Amit Shafrir which serves to aggregate network content that is already out available on the…
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Better Quality YouTube Videos
Some real good tips for embedding higher quality YouTube videos on a web site can be found at this link: http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Watch_Higher_Quality_YouTube_Videos There are several methods, but this one seems to be good for quickly modifying older posts Add &fmt=18 to the URL of the video and it will look for a higher resolution version, if…
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Artichoke City & Other Stories
Telling stories and using imagery to let people draw their own conclusions. This was one of the key messages given by Jim Gilmartin of Coming of Age at CalCom’s 2008 Annual Meeting in Monterey. He was speaking in the context of effective marketing to baby boomers and older customers. Read on to see what this picture has to…