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Churn – a Five Letter Word
Quick Jump Menu to this Month’s Articles January Overview Independent Telco Video Content Conf News Churn – We Aren’t Talking Butter Movielink to the Bedroom? January, 2003 Churn – We aren’t talking butter: by Ken Pyle Churn is the cable industry’s five letter word. For the nice stable telephony business, however, churn has…
Independent Telco Video Content Conference
Quick Jump Menu to this Month’s Articles January Overview Independent Telco Video Content Conf News Churn – We Aren’t Talking Butter Movielink to the Bedroom? January, 2003 Operators’ Viewpoint, ACE Supports Conference, Early-Bird Pricing Extended: by Ken Pyle The Operators’ Viewpoint Session Added to Independent Telco Video Content Conference ACE Supports Independent Telco…
December 2002, Viodi View
December 2002, Issue THE VIODI VIEW In this Issue: Seasons Greetings, FTTH STB, PlayStation STB, Extending Cable Plant & More Welcome and Seasons Greetings: The Western Cable show and the holiday season have become synonymous for me. For one thing, it is always held the week after Thanksgiving, right at the start…
Making the Most of Your Cable Plant
Back December, 2002 Making the Most of Your Cable Plant by Peter Lowten During a visit to BroadbandPlus, the New Western Show, in Anaheim I had an opportunity to delve into a subject that a number of Independent operators have asked about. With so much concentration put onto the delivery of services over…
Movielink Review Follow-up
Back December, 2002 Follow-up to Last Month’s Review of Movielink: by Ken Pyle Last month’s review of the new Internet movie on demand service, Movielink, prompted several comments from readers. As a result, I attempted to dig deep through my seldom accessed wallet to find another $1.99 to watch a movie. Learn of…
Broadband Plus Wrap-Up
Back December, 2002 Broadband Plus Wrap-Up – FTTH STB, Sony’s Cable Splash, Playstation Set-Top and More: by Ken Pyle Fast-forward to today, the Western Show is now called Broadband Plus. For the most part, the excitement and glamour that the programmers brought is gone. Sure there were a few programmers at this year’s…
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TelcoTV’s Terrific Turnout
Back November, 2002 TelcoTV’s Terrific Turn-out by Ken Pyle It has been awhile since I have heard anyone in the telecom vendor community express positive feelings about the attendance at a conference. I repeatedly heard from many vendors, however, what a great turn-out for this first annual conference regarding telephone companies that are…

VSI Donation to FRED
Back November 22, 2002 VSI1 CONTRIBUTION TO FRED VSI1 multimedia CD-ROM project supported by Bitband, ETI, Expedient Media Solutions, Harmonic, Kreatel, Olson Technology, SkyStream Networks and Viodi. Last week’s TelcoTV conference in New Orleans provided the backdrop for the contribution of six hundred dollars to FRED (Foundation for Rural Education and Development), which was a…

