{"id":439,"date":"2006-11-29T06:43:16","date_gmt":"2006-11-29T06:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2006\/11\/29\/article1-81\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:27:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:27:22","slug":"article1-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2006\/11\/29\/article1-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Viodi View &#8211; November 29th, 2006 Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/images\/logo-145px.gif\" alt=\"Viodi - the Bridge Between the Heartland and Hollywood\" width=\"145\" height=\"42\"\/>        <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Viodi View Menu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/\">Current                Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/061102\/article1.htm\">Click                This!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                           <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/061101\/index.htm\">Previous              Issue<\/a>              <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>                              <a href=\"javascript:openWindow(&quot;http:\/\/postsnet.com\/app\/campaigner\/services\/optinlist\/processoptinrequest.jsp?oilb=85755787&quot;)\">Viodi              View Subscribe<\/a> <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>                              <strong>Viodi Forums<\/strong>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/club1\/\">Club                Viodi<\/a>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/support\/\">Open                Forum <\/a>                <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>                                           <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/justoaqui\/\">Multimedia              Search <\/a> <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>                              <strong>Viodi Workshops<\/strong>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/local\/\">Local                Content<\/a>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telcovideo101\">Telco                Video 101<\/a>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/incremona\">IPTV                Training<\/a>                  <strong>Industry<\/strong>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/cgi-bin\/blah\/Blah.pl?,v=cal\">Industry Calendar<\/a>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/links.htm\">Viodi Links<\/a>                                <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/weissberger\/\">Weissberger&#8217;s Wireless World &amp; More<\/a>                <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>                                           <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/about.htm\">About              Viodi<\/a>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/contact.htm\">Contact<\/a>                            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/biographies.htm\">Biographies<\/a>                                              <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vioditv.viodi.one.revver.com\/collection\/10792\">Some                  Videos<\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\">Interested in Sponsoring          the Viodi View? 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All Rights Reserved.<br \/>         5255 Stevens Creek, #127 Santa Clara, CA 95051<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><a name=\"top\"\/>Viodi          View Newsletter &#8211; November 29th, 2006<\/strong>        <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/local\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/images\/conferencelogo.gif\" alt=\"Click here to learn about Viodi's Local Content Workshops \" border=\"0\"\/><br \/>         Click here to learn about Viodi&#8217;s Local Content Workshops<\/a>        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Click This!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">By<strong> Ken Pyle<\/strong><br \/>         ken.pyle at viodi.com <\/p>\n<p>Club Viodi members can read the rest of this article          by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/club1\/newsletter\/061102\/index.htm\"><strong>clicking          here<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Note, to view <strong>this article<\/strong>, you must          be a club.viodi member. 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