insight :: the evolution of broadcast media
Archive for August, 2009
FCC FREE WORKSHOP TODAY :: Technology/Applications and Devices
Aug 27th
You can sign up for FREE to view the Webex session hosted on the FCC website: More info here
Date and time: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:30 pm
Date: 8/27/09
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Room TW-C305 (Commission Meeting Room)
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20554
Directions
Coordinator: James Miller
Phone: (202) 418-7351
Eastern Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
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Program: Broadband
Duration: 2 hours
Description: Topics (Preliminary)
The following are some of the preliminary topics that will be covered at this workshop. If you would like to discuss any other topics, please send us your suggestions.
1) Trends
What are innovative ways consumers are using broadband today?
How are the ways consumers use broadband changing?
How are evolutions in devices facilitating what consumers can do with broadband?
How will applications evolve in the next 5, 10, and 15 years?
2) Needs
What advancements in broadband infrastructure could make possible applications currently limited by the available pipe?
What are the challenges to developing broadband applications for fixed and mobile broadband?
What changes in broadband devices and development platforms could realize new growth in applications?
How may changes in applications drive changes to networks?
What regulatory or legal barriers constrain the growth of broadband applications and devices?
In what ways do applications and devices leverage legal, social, and technical features of cybersecurity?
Agenda
| 1:30 pm | Panel Session 1: CURRENT EXPERIENCES AND TRENDS IN APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES (90 minutes: 5 minutes from each panelist followed by questions from the FCC moderating panel and audience) Anoop Gupta, Corporate Vice President for Technology Policy and Strategy, Microsoft Tim Napoleon, Chief Strategist, Digital Media, Akamai Technologies Robb Topolski, Chief Technologist, Open Technology Initiative, New America Foundation, Public Knowledge, Free Press Evan Young, Senior Director, Product Marketing, TiVo Inc. Bill Gurley, General Partner, Benchmark Capital |
| 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:10 pm |
Panel Session 2: EMERGING APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THEM Sunil Daluvoy, Senior Manager, New Business Development, Google |
| 4:40 pm | Closing Statements/Adjournment
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let me know what you thought of this session if you attended – I will be monitoring and recording in its entirety!
N
Consumer Advisory Committee Meeting 9/10 :: Live webcast :: National Broadband Plan
Aug 24th
SAVE THE DATE: The next meeting of the Committee will take place on Thursday, September 10, 2009, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Commission’s Headquarters Building, Room TW-305, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554. Meetings are open to the public and are broadcast on the Internet in Real Audio/Real Video format with captioning at www.fcc.gov/cgb/cac
Meeting Agenda At its September 10, 2009 meeting, the Committee will focus upon broadband and the development of the National Broadband Plan. The Committee is expected to consider an outline of its recommendations to be submitted in connection with the National Broadband Plan Notice of Inquiry, Docket 09-51. The Committee may also consider other consumer issues within the jurisdiction of the Commission. A limited amount of time on the agenda will be available for oral comments from the public. Meetings are open to the public and are broadcast on the Internet in Real Audio/Real Video format with captioning at www.fcc.gov/cgb/cac. Members of the public may address the Committee or may send written comments to: Scott Marshall, Designated Federal Officer of the Committee, at the address noted below. The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, assistive listening devices, and Braille copies of the agenda and handouts will be provided on site. Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Include a description of the accommodation you will need, and a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send an e-mail to: fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
For further information contact: Scott Marshall, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Room 3A633, 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554. Phone: 202 418-2809 (voice) or 202-418-0179 (TTY). Email: scott.marshall@fcc.gov.
Streaming Media TV
Aug 18th
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Aug 17th
You are a patient lot! Today is the day our humble pilot makes its way onto StreamingMedia.com – sometime this afternoon it should magically appear! At long last, no banana’s were harmed during the shooting of this pilot. We stand to deliver a quality series if we get enough of a response and SPONSORS – which is the thing, I can’t just produce a show without sponsorship since it costs money, takes time and resources away from other projects… I need a few good sponsors, like SNAPPLE.
I think this short weekly news program should be syndicated by other Tech outlets, like CNET or even G4 Network.
I suppose I will have to start writing some emails to some folks… In the meantime, please check out the little show and let me know what you think.
In this week’s pilot episode I start off speaking to audio only streaming media and online radio and as the video goes live today, we find that MySpace (a.k.a. News Corp) is making a play for iLike while the News Corp owned MySpace looks for a way to get back to their roots and encourage more emerging popular music to grow up on their farm.
The problem is, it is News Corp, the antithesis of pure organic community driven efforts online, and no matter how you package it, MySpace is over exposed and “played out” – they would do better to do a spin off and not claim ownership, using a dressed down platform with a new “organic” DNS that oozes trust and opportunity to hopeful pop stars and garage bands alike.
Maybe they can call it GarageBand.com and… oh, wait… that’s iLike… ok, so maybe they could just make GarageBand.com look a little more inviting – seriously, when you get there it looks like the NetworkSoutions temp or 404 page. There are many ways to monetize streaming media and big X corps are just being lazy, they want instant soup and are too frenetic to map out a winning 5 star plan. We can only wait and see, but online radio is an easy playground to experiment in.
here is the embedded player:
THE VIDEO THAT ALMOST WAS :: IT'S LAUNCHING NEXT WEEK
Aug 13th
Ok, so if you hadn’t noticed – there was an “audio only” podcast on streamingmedia.com this week – I don’t want to get in trouble and piss off the wrong folks, so I won’t say exactly WHAT happened, but I can tell you it had something to do with a BANANA and whole lotta shoulder… Next week the real video series begins, which will be tricky because I was hoping for a vaca’ the following week, but fret not! I am here for you oh avid reader….
By the way, has anyone tried to Roku player yet? What is that, a little Linux OS with a video card? I don’t get it but some very good PR on their part, lots of alerts on the product… but I don’t see a long term business there when you have companies like Tivo or Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOs etc hocking their wares and streaming media via their set top boxes of choice.
What do you think?
ANOTHER STEP FORWARD :: VIDEO ON STREAMMINGMEDIA.COM :: I HOPE!!
Aug 7th
Alas dear reader, I have neglected you! Been busy working on getting “Bandwidth Bastards” made into a real “show” — I originally pitched the team at StreamingMedia.com about doing a live video webcast to host on their website. This was met with hesitation, so I wore them down with a weekly series of “interactive chat conversation” type posts… with links to videos and article references. After a reader wrote in and asked why they had to “Read” the conversation, I had a bit of ammunition to push forward with getting the at least to an On-Demand video format, this way they could “approve” content.
Next week folks, check the StreamingMedia.com website for video. If it’s not there it is only because the “content” was rejected and I will take it personally! (*If it is rejected, of course I will post it here and on YouTube.com anyway, if you are curious!)
Thank you for your support!
Nico