{"id":230,"date":"2004-11-30T09:09:34","date_gmt":"2004-11-30T09:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2004\/11\/30\/article1-32\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:27:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:27:19","slug":"article1-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2004\/11\/30\/article1-32\/","title":{"rendered":"TelcoTV or Matchmaking?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"javascript:\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/local\/images\/local-banner-5-26.gif\" border=\"0\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/local\/','','')\"\/><\/a><br \/>           <a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/local\/','','')\">Indie            Telco Local Content Workshop Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                 Quick                    Jump Menu to this Issue&#8217;s Articles                   November                    11th, 2004 Overview                    TelcoTV                    or Matchmaking?                    December                    and January Conventions                                                                          <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>TelcoTV                    or Matchmaking? <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">by Ken Pyle (ken.pyle@viodi.com),            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/alliance\/\">Viodi, LLC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>       \u00a0       <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/alliance\/','','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes')\"><a href=\"javascript:\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/images\/Viodi_Vector_Logo_revised-eps-7-02-04-195px.gif\" width=\"195\" height=\"56\" border=\"0\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/alliance\/','','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes')\"\/><\/a><br \/>           <a href=\"javascript:\">About Viodi, LLC<\/a>          <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>November 30, 2004 Issue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/signUp.htm\">Subscribe            to Viodi View<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/041101\/index.htm\">Previous            Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/\">Current            Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"article2.htm\">Next Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The TelcoTV experience was summed it up            best by a person from a telco who suggested that in earlier shows Telcos            were trying to figure out how to deliver video, but now they were seeking            out advanced applications to add to their multi-service networks. This            particular person used his company as an example describing how they            launched a year ago, have added 1,800 video subscribers and have a two            week waiting period for installs. He was searching for new applications            to make their service even more compelling. TelcoTV was the place to            go for new applications, as well as to understand the nuances of content,            regulation and technology. <\/p>\n<p>One really needs to spend the full three days at TelcoTV. Unfortunately,            I only had about six hours, so my observations are limited to the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There was an excellent session regarding <strong>NECA<\/strong> and              its impact on independent telcos efforts to offer video services.              NECA essentially sets the tariffs that telcos can charge for their              DSL lines and backbone transport. This can become a significant cost              for a telco and can make or break a business case for video. <strong>Mike              Foster<\/strong>, President of <strong>Twin Valley Telephone<\/strong>,              suggested that some telcos might be under reporting DSL lines, effectively              reducing their payments into the NECA pool. Foster also suggested              that a <strong>bundled package<\/strong> that includes a video component              is not only a must for telcos, but will be necessary in order to maintain              and grow the NECA pool.<\/li>\n<li> <strong>Greg Haledjian<\/strong> of <strong>Irwin, Campbell &amp;              Tannewald, P.C<\/strong>. gave a good tutorial on the regulatory aspects              associated with video. His was a good reminder of all of the regulatory              considerations for a telco deploying video. <\/li>\n<li>I was told that the <strong>HD sessions<\/strong> went very well,              as speakers from <strong>ESPN<\/strong> and <strong>Discovery Networks              <\/strong>discussed this hot topic. One telco I talked suggested that              he is not expecting a high definition solution for their DSL network              until Q4 of next year. This telco is also pretty realistic about their              design criteria as they are deploying <strong>16 Mb\/s to 7 kilofeet              <\/strong>and <strong>8 Mb\/s to 12 kilofeet<\/strong>. He suggests that              more aggressive data rates can cause the performance to be unreliable.            <\/li>\n<li><strong>Tut Systems <\/strong>was showing some interesting things              like some <strong>MPEG-2 HDTV<\/strong> over twisted pair and a MPEG-4              AVC encode\/decode using a set-top box from a company called Sentivision.              The demonstration that <strong>Chuck Van Dusen<\/strong>, Tut\u2019s              Chief Technical Officer, showed me looked pretty good. Van Dusen suggested              that MPEG-4 AVC demonstrations and trials will begin in earnest for              MPEG-4 in Q1 of 2005. <\/li>\n<li>One of the things I found of interest that points to some of the              \u201cnew\u201d applications that may finally take-off was Motorola\u2019s              <strong>Ojo phone<\/strong>. This sleek, 21st century looking phone              is a <strong>Video over IP phone<\/strong> that has been designed to              take advantage of broadband connections. Motorola had a <strong>live              demonstration<\/strong> set-up, so it was possible to make video phone              calls from the tradeshow floor to Motorola people in various parts              of the country. I tried it on the lowest bit rate and the video was              synchronized to the audio. I did notice a bit of delay that caused              us to talk over each other. One of the cool features of this phone              is that the handset is wireless, so it is possible to use as a regular              wireless phone. It is based on a MPEG-4 codec, so it has the potential              to talk to non-Ojo clients, such as what might be found on a PC. With              a reported list price of $799, the big challenge will be to make this              affordable enough to make it mass market appeal. <\/li>\n<li>More evidence that<strong> telco\u2019s television efforts<\/strong>              are being <strong>taken seriously<\/strong> is the number of \u201csuppliers              to suppliers\u201d that were exhibitors at TelcoTV. For instance,              Media Excel, which makes software for set-tops and portable media              players had a booth. <\/li>\n<li>Another interesting trend was the number of first time suppliers,              such as <strong>Latens<\/strong>, <strong>Matrixstream<\/strong> and              <strong>Tatung<\/strong>. <strong>My apologies<\/strong> to the exhibitors              to whom I said I would visit. 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