Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor

  • Youth Are Our Present

    Youth Are Our Present – Executive Summary This document provides commentary and the responses to a survey regarding communication trends among today’s American rural youth. The purpose of this survey was to understand how rural youth from OPASTCO-member (or equivalent) communities consume media and technology. Sharing of some of the results from this survey took place during…

  • One Person Local Content Plan

    The One Person Local Content Plan synthesizes best practices from the local content efforts of independent communications companies from across the U.S. Integrating the experience of more than 80 communications providers, this is the guide for best practices when it comes to creating and distributing relevant and compelling community content.  It is a great template…

  • The Video Business Case for Independent Telcos – The Report

    The Video Business Case for Independent Telcos – The Report Viodi’s report, The Video Business Case for Independent Telcos provides results to a survey of independent telcos and their business case for video. Most of the telcos that responded to the survey have figured out a way to deploy video services. This survey provides insight…

  • Quit Battering My Self Esteem!

    Quit Battering My Self Esteem!

    As the hourglass on my laptop continues to slowly tick away, I am forced to revert to pen and paper to start this article. It seems like I experience at least one time-sink a week, whereby something that should take five minutes lasts five hours. The bad news is that I am not alone in my…

  • Network PVR Survey Results

    The Network Personal Video Recorder, in its ultimate form, could provide any customer the opportunity to view any piece of content broadcast and watch it whenever they want. In short, the Network PVR offers the promise of the end of appointment television. It is a matter of time before this type of approach becomes the…

  • Radical Idea to Restructure USF Funding

    Radical Idea to Restructure USF Funding

    [12/02/15 – Note: this article was published on August 18th, 2004. The original HTML is not working, so it has been reposted] [Editor’s Note: Many thanks to Mr. David Irwin, Managing Partner, Irwin, Campbell & Tannenwald, PC and Director of the Institute for Communications Law Studies at the Catholic University Law School, for his insight…