Tag: video
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Prospering in the Video Business
The WTA Spring 2008 Meeting featured a upbeat panel on the distribution of video by independent telcos. Gerald Duffy of Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast moderated a panel that provided both the big and detailed picture of the video business. Ben Foster, VP of Sales and Marketing for Twin Valley Telephone, an early adopter of…
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AT&T, Verizon Wireless Underwhelming Plans for 700MHz Spectrum
Last night, winners of the "beachfront property" FCC 700MHz auction were finally permitted to reveal their plans for using the spectrum obtained. AT&T and Verizon won most of the licenses, spending a combined $16 billion. As anticipated, the wireless giants aim to build faster wireless broadband networks capable of delivering high-speed data, voice, video and…
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Battle of the Virtual & Actual Desktop
As discussed in an earlier issue of the Viodi View, Google, Adobe and Microsoft are increasingly crowding into each other’s traditional spaces. Recent product offerings from Google and Adobe provide more evidence of this trend. Google documents are available now in both online and off-line versions. They automatically synchronize to the online version and tracks…
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Continuing to Bridge the Heartland and Hollywood
After 7+ years of going it alone, I have taken the full plunge back into the Silicon Valley start-up culture by joining a company that is in stealth mode. Over time, I will be able to reveal more details. It is in the broadband television space, but its model is so unique that it really…
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The Enemy of Advertising
Notably absent from the 2008 VON conference were the over the top and new video alternatives that were prevalent at the 2007 version. Kulabyte, with their real-time HD encoding over the web, was a highlight on the showfloor. Unfortunately, I only attended a portion of one panel, but there were some very insightful quotes from Fred Seibert…
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July 1st, 2008 – Do or Die for IPTV?
The FCC finally issued an order for operators requesting waivers with regards to separable security. The 25+ operators requesting one of the waivers were given until February 17th, 2009 to move to an all-digital system. The interesting thing is that IPTV operators, although inherently all-digital, are going to have to offer a separable security solution…