Category: Viodi View

  • Viodi View – 04/28/18

    Viodi View – 04/28/18

    American Cable – 25 Years of Bridging Red and Blue #Summit25 “This is really a celebration of our members,” exclaims Matt Polka, as he summarizes the 2018 American Cable Association’s Summit 25 in the above video. Former Congressional representative Billy Tauzin and former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt – who might be characterized as early ACA opponents…

  • Viodi View – 03/29/18

    Viodi View – 03/29/18

    “We are dedicated to solving this problem (pedestrian/bike/auto safety). It’s a hard problem, but we think we can solve it,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at this week’s GPU Technology Conference. This is just one of the many challenges Huang, his team and the larger Nvidia ecosystem are pursuing. Project Clara, which effectively upgrades existing,…

  • Viodi View – 03/14/18

    Viodi View – 03/14/18

    It is easy to write that one has the choice in how they react in the face of a tragedy, but it is humbling and inspirational to see people consciously choosing love when the easy path would be negative or destructive emotions. It took several social media posts from IPTV pioneer Ryan Petty before it…

  • Viodi View – 02/3/18

    Viodi View – 02/3/18

    A recent newspaper column suggested decentralizing governance and shifting it away from single point hubs, such as Washington D.C., to locations closer to the affected people or industries, For instance, in this scenario, Kansas might be home to the Department of Agriculture. This echos industry stalwart Cliff Albertson’s similar suggestion, made almost five years ago in this ViodiTV…

  • Viodi View – 01/05/18

    Viodi View – 01/05/18

    As a preview of the types of things that can be expected at next week’s International CES, this issue is devoted to Viodi interviews from International CES2017 published in the last two weeks. The topics covered in the videos referenced below range from Mobility to IoT/Smart Home to Content Production Tools to Fashion Technology. Go…

  • Viodi View – 12/22/17

    Viodi View – 12/22/17

    In the previous issue of the Viodi View, we took a look in the wayback mirror to 15 years ago and some of the things at the TelcoTV conference. Vantage Point’s Kevin Kloehn and Larry Thompson reminded me how far demands on the network have advanced since that time, as then 1 Mb/s was state-of-the-art.…