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by Ken Pyle |
October 2003 Issue |
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One of the advantages of organizing a conference is that I get a sneak preview of the presentations. The presentations I have seen so far have exceeded my expectations. For instance, Karen McKee gives the term iTV a whole new meaning when she explains some of Horizon Chillicothe’s efforts to transform themselves from a POTS company to a 21st century multimedia success story. Ian Tapp’s presentation captures the importance of why Hollywood and other content licensors are so concerned about digital rights management. Further, he discusses the distinction between digital rights management and conditional access. Howard Shapiro’s presentation discusses the concept of franchising and whether it is always needed, while David Irwin talks about the many facets of federal regulations. I am impressed with how he weaves an infamous, sometime, female boxer into his presentation. David Ernst provides a view of some of the consumer research that he has led at Initiative Media. They have been looking at what the consumer wants from this brave new interactive world. Peter Lowten will provide his insight and predictions on HDTV as it relates to independent telcos. It has also been rumored that Doug Mielke of Technicolor will be bringing some pretty impressive demonstrations of low-bit rate High Definition encoding as part of his presentation. For those of you who can’t make the conference, we do have the paper proceedings and we will have a CD-ROM which will consist of the presentations synchronized to the speakers’ audio. If you respond to this email requesting either of these items, Viodi will extend a 15% off of the to-be-determined, list price for these items when they are available. A response will in no way obligate you to purchase these items, but it will give you priority to purchase these items. Club Viodi members will receive an additional 10% discount. The Korner: [Editor’s note: a new section to publish the true drivel that sometimes emanates from this writer’s alter ego, Krazy Ken] Have to name drop, since I was doing the Hollywood scene last week. So, my friend and colleague, Brian Stevenson and I are at one of Hollywood’s finer dining establishments, Baja Fresh (great place to get a health-Mex Burrito for less than $5), when Brian points out to me that sitting two tables over is David Hyde-Pierce, better known as Frasier’s brother on the NBC hit show, Frasier. Amazingly, I didn’t hound him for an autograph. I guess I was too focused on my fine cuisine to bother him. I was impressed that Hyde-Pierce did bus his own table. All displayed trademarks, logos and service marks are the property of their respective owners. © 2003 Viodi, LLC. All Rights Reserved |
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