Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

Category: Viodi View

  • Viodi View – 05/19/16

    Viodi View – 05/19/16

    The Google Home product may be the most exciting thing coming out of the Google I/O conference. said CNET’s Brian Tong in the preview of the Google I/O Developers conference that is happening this week on the former landfill known as Shoreline Amphitheater. And listening to Google’s announcement for this product due out later this year, his…

  • Viodi View – 04/30/16

    Viodi View – 04/30/16

    With the divisiveness of a political year in full force, it is refreshing to find topics where almost everyone can find common ground. A few weeks back at the IP Vision Conference and Expo, David Howe, CEO of SubscriberWise and MCTV credit manager, described a problem and solution that would seemingly be able to engender a bipartisan…

  • Viodi View – 04/18/16

    Viodi View – 04/18/16

    Thanks to the combination of sensors and deep learning (i.e. artificial intelligence) we have entered the era of the super-human. That was a key takeaway from Nvidia’s GPU-Tech Conference. Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang termed 2015 as “a defining year for AI, the computer industry and likely for all of humanity.” Hopefully, 2015 won’t be viewed as a milestone along a path…

  • Viodi View – 03/28/16

    Viodi View – 03/28/16

    With the first shipments of the Oculus Rift going out today, will we soon see a new world of content? How will virtual reality shake up the content distribution business, if at all? Will VR only have niche applications or will it become a new way of life, just like the smart phone has become an appendage for many…

  • Viodi View – 03/08/16

    Viodi View – 03/08/16

    Should smaller broadband operators even offer video, given all the marketplace and regulatory challenges? That’s a question I am looking forward to posing at a panel at next week’s NTCA TEF conference. This session should be interesting, given this week’s proposal to the FCC by INCOMPAS (PDF) that, as a condition for approval of the Charter/Time-Warner merger, a…

  • Viodi View – 02/26/16

    Viodi View – 02/26/16

    What do set-tops, wireless and Silicon Valley have in common? Besides being referenced in today’s Viodi View, they also represent opportunity in one form or another to one group or another. More or Less Competition from FCC’s Approved “Open” Set Top Box Proposal? by Alan Weissberger On Feb 18, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) narrowly approved a…