{"id":90,"date":"2003-09-25T07:49:39","date_gmt":"2003-09-25T07:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2003\/09\/25\/overview-4\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:27:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:27:18","slug":"overview-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2003\/09\/25\/overview-4\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2003, Viodi View"},"content":{"rendered":"\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 decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/images\/smalllogo.jpg\" 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>                                                               Quick                    Jump Menu to this Month&#8217;s Articles                   Twenty                    eight days and counting\u0085..!                   I                    Can See Clearly Now, HDTV Is Here &#8211; Or Is It?                   NSTW                    Party &#8211; Sunday in the Park, You&#8217;d Think It Was the Fourth of                    July                   Telecom                    &#8217;03 Exhibition Preview:                   Conferences                    &#8211; It&#8217;s a Tough Life, But Someone Has Got to Do It                   Questions,                    StreamingTV, Dave Hood Follow-up, Privacy                     IBC Review\/Disruptive Server &#8211; Sept. Addendum                                                                    <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>THE          VIODI VIEW<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"mailto:ken.pyle@viodi.com\">by          Ken Pyle<\/a><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\/>       <b> <em>In this Issue: HDTV, NSTW Celebration,        Telecom &#8217;03, Tough Life, more..<\/em><\/b>     <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>September,          2003 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\/030800\/overview.htm\">Last          Month&#8217;s Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                 \u00a0      <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"javascript:\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/images\/10-03conf\/news.gif\" border=\"0\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/conference\/','','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes')\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030500\/bernie.jpg\" alt=\"NTCA Fiber: Opticmize Your Network\" width=\"110\" height=\"73\" border=\"0\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/ntca\/','','')\"\/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/ntca\/','','')\">Click          Here to Listen to a Sample of the Fiber: Opticmize Your Network Conference<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Reception Sponsored By:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"javascript:\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/conference\/conference\/images\/NDS.jpg\" border=\"0\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.nds.com','','')\"\/><\/a><br align=\"center\"\/>         <a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.nds.com','','')\">http:\/\/www.nds.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0                                                  <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/logos\/smalloccamlogo-147.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/redirect\/occam.htm','','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes')\"><a href=\"javascript:\">Click          Here for More Info. Thanks!<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"\/>                  <strong>September Overview &#8211; Twenty        EightDays and Counting <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Less than four weeks to Viodi\u2019s          Fall, Independent Telco Video Content Conference [iTVcc]. As you can see          by the HTML of this email, the conference is being held in conjunction          with USTA\u2019s Telecom \u201903. To get a preview of some the Telecom          &#8217;03 agenda as well as a preview of some of the suppliers new and enhanced          offerings to be found at Telecom \u201803s exhibition hall, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030900\/article3.htm\">click          here<\/a>. <br \/>         \u00a0        <\/p>\n<p>                              <a href=\"javascript:\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030900\/advancereg-926.jpg\" border=\"0\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('https:\/\/www.cteusa.com\/usta1\/','','')\"\/><\/a>                                                                                            <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/conference\/agenda.htm#oct14','','')\">Tuesday,                October 14th<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/conference\/index.htm#allwest','','')\"><a href=\"javascript:\">                  Telco Success Stories (more Wed).<\/a><\/li>\n<li onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/conference\/index.htm#studio','','')\"><a href=\"javascript:\">Content,                  Content, Content \u2026.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/conference\/index.htm#server','','')\">Serving                  Up VOD Technology\u2026..<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reception and Raffle                                                                              Sponsored                          By: <a href=\"javascript:\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030900\/NDS1.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"24\" border=\"0\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.nds.com','','')\"\/><\/a>                                                   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/conference\/agenda.htm#oct15','','')\"><a href=\"javascript:\">Wednesday,                October 15th<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/conference\/index.htm#regulatory','','')\">                  <a href=\"javascript:\">Regulatory and ASCAP<\/a><\/li>\n<li onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/conference\/index.htm#hdtv','','')\"><a href=\"javascript:\">HDTV<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lunch (included)<\/li>\n<li onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/conference\/index.htm#drm','','')\"><a href=\"javascript:\">Conditional                  Access &amp; Middleware<\/a><\/li>\n<li onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/conference\/index.htm#ads','','')\"><a href=\"javascript:\">Advertainment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note, a representative from <a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.schange.com','','')\">Seachange          International, Inc<\/a>.has been added to discuss VOD Server technologies.          As a leading supplier of VOD servers, Seachange has been involved in VOD          from the early days. It will be interesting to hear their latest developments,          especially with regards the announcement they made last week about their          integration of Windows Media 9 on their VOD servers.        <\/p>\n<p> Speaking of Microsoft Inc.&#8217;s Windows Media 9 and HDTV, <strong>Doug          Mielke of Technicolor<\/strong> is a new addition to the speaker line-up          since the last issue of the Viodi View. To read about what he and <strong>Peter          Lowten<\/strong> will be discussing, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030900\/article2.htm\">click          here<\/a>.        <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030900\/article2.htm\">NSTW Party          &#8211; Sunday in the Park, You&#8217;d Think It Was the Fourth of July<\/a>        <\/p>\n<p> Last Sunday I enjoyed food, fun and festivities provided by <strong>Sierra          Telephone<\/strong>, a California-based Independent Telephone company,          as part of their efforts to celebrate National Small Telecommunications          Week, NSTW. NSTW is an OPASTCO-led effort that is a great way for independent          telcos to showcase their value to their community. This is exactly the          kind of community-based marketing effort that will help differentiate          the independent telco from a market place that will continue to become          more and more competitive. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030900\/article2.htm\">Click          here<\/a> to read the article.        <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/nstw\/','','')\">Click          here<\/a> to view the video (requires Windows Media Player)        <\/p>\n<p\/>       <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030900\/article4.htm\">Conferences        \u2013 It\u2019s a Tough Life, But Someone Has Got to Do It<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It          has been said many times that one could spend all of their time attending          conferences. This article summarizes a few of the conferences an independent          telco could attend over the next few months.        <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030900\/article5.htm\">Questions,          StreamingTV, Dave Hood Follow-up, Privacy<\/a>        <\/p>\n<p>A great deal has been going on in the world of Viodi the past few months.          This article will give a provide an update on some of the items that have          been previously discussed either in the Viodi View or via email exchange.          .        <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin-left:81.0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030900\/article1.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=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/030700\/overview.htm','','')\">Last          Month&#8217;s Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin-left:81.0pt\"><a href=\"mailto:sponsorviodiview@viodi.com\">Click          Here for Information on Sponsoring the Viodi View<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please <strong>forward<\/strong> 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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