Category: Viodi View

  • Viodi View – 05/07/19

    Viodi View – 05/07/19

    Moderating a panel is an amazing honor and incredible learning opportunity, as it provides a direct conduit to a group of experts on a particular topic. I had this privilege at the recent NTCA Business & Tech conference (stay tuned for a future ViodiTV interview summarizing that panel). Equally, it is a huge honor to…

  • Viodi View – 04/17/19

    Viodi View – 04/17/19

    Purple Ties that Bind #Summit26 “We are a collaborative, cooperative organization and our goal is to find the right policy and not the right politics,” says America’s Communications Association Chairman Bob Gessner at the ACA Connects Summit. He explains that the choice of purple accouterments was intentional and symbolizes the idea that broadband deployment should…

  • Viodi View – 03/30/19

    Viodi View – 03/30/19

    Patty Boyers’ Show Me State wisdom was front and center at ACA Connects’ Summit #26 in Washington last week on a panel, Succeeding in Challenging Times. One of her memorable nuggets, “You can raise your children and spoil your grandchildren, but if you spoil your children you will be raising your grandchildren,” describes the type…

  • “Must-Pass” Legislation Provides Opportunity on Retrans Consent

    “Must-Pass” Legislation Provides Opportunity on Retrans Consent

    Key Topics Addressed by Leading Policymakers at ACA Summit in D.C. Retransmission consent was of course a major issue covered at the 26th Annual ACA Summit in Washington, D.C. March 19 – 21. Over 350 service providers, vendors, and other industry stakeholders participated. At the opening session on March 20, ACA President Matt Polka kicked…

  • Robocalls to the Human Highlight Film

    Robocalls to the Human Highlight Film

    No one can seemingly escape those annoying robocalls, not even the Chair of the FCC, Ajit Pai. In the above interview, Pai indicates that robocalls are his agency’s top consumer protection priority as indicated by the record fines levied against violators (e.g. this $120M fine).

  • Viodi View – 03/02/19

    Viodi View – 03/02/19

    Is Bill Gates optimistic or pessimistic about the future? That was the question posed yesterday on the airport TV. Rushing to my flight, there wasn’t time to sit and watch the interview, but a few gates later the closed caption on another TV indicated he is optimistic. Gates has credibility in his prognostications as the…