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  • TiE-SV Panel: Personalization & Privacy in the Era of Big Data

    TiE-SV Panel: Personalization & Privacy in the Era of Big Data

    Introduction: On Dec 17, 2013, TiE Silicon Valley (SV) hosted a panel entitled: When Does Personalization Overreach into Privacy in the Era of Big Data? The thin line between targeted content (obtained from on-line data collection/synthesis) and the intrusion of user privacy was explored by moderator Karthik Kannan, Co-founder Cetas and Product/GTM Leader-Pivotal along with three panelists:…

  • Viodi View – 12/18/13

    Viodi View – 12/18/13

    Another year, another 200+ videos published on Viodi and other web sites. A few of the videos from 2013 that will be etched in my memory will be those dealing with technologies that sense brain waves to control something. Two of the these videos were published earlier this year. Scroll to the Korner to see…

  • FCC Delays Reverse Auction till 2015; Spectrum Aggregation & Ownership Limits?

    FCC Delays Reverse Auction till 2015; Spectrum Aggregation & Ownership Limits?

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has delayed the “Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction” until 2015.  FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler published a blog post Friday announcing the delay, saying he hopes the auction will take place in mid-2015.  The FCC had set a goal of completing the auction in 2014 and we thought this would be the top…

  • Viodi View – 12/03/13

    Viodi View – 12/03/13

    It is nice when someone is listening. That’s the feeling I had last Friday while reading Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s (D-Ca) letter. Her letter was in response to my suggestion that Senator Rockefeller’s bill, S1680, provides an opportunity to reconsider the best way to serve the public interest with spectrum now used for broadcast television. She…

  • Viodi View – 11/18/13

    Viodi View – 11/18/13

    Can drivel be thought-provoking? Sometimes it can, even if not for the reason intended. A recent episode of Two Broke Girls had me thinking thoughts that CBS probably had no intent on stirring. Those thoughts, combined with the timing of Senator Jay Rockefeller’s (D-W.Va.) bill, S1680, regarding the creation of a new class of online video…

  • How is the Public Interest Served When Broadcasters Depict Illegal Behavior with No Consequences?

    How is the Public Interest Served When Broadcasters Depict Illegal Behavior with No Consequences?

    A recent episode of CBS’ hit series, Two Broke Girls, was thought-provoking; thought-provoking in the sense that it made me ponder, “In 2013, what is the public interest with regards to television broadcasters?”  That is, does it serve the public interest when a prime time (8:30/7:30 pm Monday), entertainment television program depicts behavior which is…