{"id":52,"date":"2003-06-25T08:58:52","date_gmt":"2003-06-25T08:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2003\/06\/25\/030600overview1\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:27:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:27:18","slug":"030600overview1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2003\/06\/25\/030600overview1\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2003, Viodi View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/images\/smalllogo.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>                                 Quick            Jump Menu to this Month&#8217;s Articles           Hey Baby, Are You a Media Player?           Fiber to the Home or Financed to the Hilt?             Project Management 101           Distributed PBX &#8211; a Churn Reducer?           A Small Tribute to a Great Man            Fall, iTVcc Update                       <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"text-align:right\"><b>June, 2003 Issue          <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><b>THE          VIODI VIEW<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;&quot;Ken Pyle&quot; 20020906T1207\"><b>          <em>In this Issue: Media Player, FTTH, Small Tribute\/Great Man         and More&#8230;<\/em> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>     \u00a0                   <\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030600\/030600overview.htm\">Hey Baby, Are You a Media Player?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030400\/030400seven.htm\">Seven                  Degrees of Separation Between Motorola and Iraqi Freedom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030400\/030400nlc.htm\">NLC                  User&#8217;s Group Take-Aways<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030400\/030400market.htm\">Another                  Subtle Technique for Promoting Video Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030400\/030400small.htm\">&#8220;Small                  Really Can Be Beautiful&#8221; released as an interactive CD<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030400\/030400fred.htm\">Call                  for Materials from Telcos Involved with FRED<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a name=\"MUG\" id=\"MUG\"\/>Hey Baby, Are You A Media Player?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>So, I learned that Geraldo is not the only media player around.  The other MediaPlayer is a compact set-top box from Prismiq (pronounced prizmick).  This device connects to the Internet and a user&#8217;s home PC and decodes MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and DivX\u00ae video files; MP3, WMA and WAV audio files; Internet Radio Stations; and JPEG image files for display on a standard television.  Read on to see how this relatively inexpensive device [$250 quantity one from their web site] could offer telcos another way to get into to interactive television and VOD.         <\/p>\n<p>And it was very active, as there was a mix of telcos considering the          deployment of and those who have already deployed cable television services.          This conference, which almost doubled its attendance compared to last          August\u2019s meeting, provides further evidence of the seriousness of          telcos and their plan for adding advanced, interactive digital television          services. <\/p>\n<p> This may be the last User\u2019s Group meeting with the NLC moniker,          as the era of the Motorola Users\u2019 Group (MUG?) could be on the horizon.          I came away from the conference believing that Motorola&#8217;s acquisition          of Next Level has several significant implications including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The Motorola brand provides credibility to the entire telco video            business, which is good for the industry.<\/li>\n<li> Motorola potentially has a new sales channel for its cable television            products, while the NLC product could potentially be sold to the MSOs            through Motorola\u2019s existing cable sales force.<\/li>\n<li> If Motorola can successfully execute its post takeover plan, then            it will cement their position as the market leader for video over copper            in the independent telco space \u2013 just like the cable market, they            could be the market leader for both the loop (distribution), high speed            Internet (cable modem) and residential gateway (set-top). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In my view, it will be critical for other players in the industry to          quickly pull together integrated solutions that work and address the challenges          faced by the independent telcos or else Motorola will be the dominant          player in this segment for a long time.        <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin-left:81.0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030400\/030400seven.htm\">Next          Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin-left:81.0pt\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin-left:81.0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030300\/030300overview.htm\">Last          Month&#8217;s Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please forward this free publication to anyone you know who is involved          in some way with independent telephone companies. <\/p>\n<p>Mission of the Viodi View:<\/p>\n<p>In this on-line publication, we share our analysis, opinions and direction          on the interactive television news and views that we believe will be of          interest and use to our friends associated directly or indirectly with          independent telephone companies. For more information on Viodi&#8217;s efforts          to unite the independent telephone company&#8217;s interactive television efforts,          please send an email to <a href=\"mailto:vodalliance@viodi.com\">vodalliance@viodi.com<\/a>.        <\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:<\/p>\n<p>The Viodi View [Viodi, LLC] and its associates used their best efforts          in collecting and preparing the information published herein. 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Fiber to the Home or Financed to the Hilt? Project Management 101 Distributed PBX &#8211; a Churn Reducer? 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