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2009 ENTERPRISE VIDEO YEAR IN REVIEW :: AVAILABLE NOW ONLINE :: @STREAMINGMEDIA.COM
Feb 27th
Another erratic take on the exciting world of Enterprise Video!! Read how I predicted trends that came to fruition, the right and wrong of how 2009 became a “banner” year for our industry in the Enterprise:
2009 - A Banner Year
The basic concept most enterprise organizations fail to acknowledge is that, as with any documentation or resource they use to communicate or to perform the organization’s day-to-day business, streaming media is in itself a digital record, and it is critical content that needs to be archived and kept relevant for future business efforts. And with media assets that bring to life the spirit of an all-staff meeting or that show a sales team how dynamic a speaker was when presenting a product or a service to a new prospect, we have the essence and the spirit of that success to reflect and build on. It’s also where we can evaluate our flaws in brilliant color and sound with supporting materials, feedback, and relevant metrics.
WILL TiVO SAVE BLOCKBUSTER :: THE STOCKS HAVE IT :: NETFLIX FEELS THE PAIN
Mar 25th
Blockbuster shares spiked today according to a report sent out by TheStreet.com. Shares of Blockbuster were rallying 9.3% to 80 cents, and TiVo was rising 2% to $7.12. Shares of Netflix, meanwhile, were down 2.9% to $42.18. (Change: 
-2.39 | -5.50%)
TiVo HEART Blockbuster
Yesterday, a Press Release was issued by Blockbuster Corporate that announced that they will make on-demand videos available to TiVo users in an apparent attempt to compete with NetFlix, in the wake of issues surrounding NetFlix’s “Watch Now” service, which they say stems from ISP throttling, in home congestion, MAC/PC and general connectivity issues, but I personally don’t like Silverlight as a plug in, especially since there is no elegant roll-back option once installed, and it really is a pain in the rear to get into the various browsers I use in the first place. (Just take a look at the Installation Forum for Microsoft Silverlight!)
The Blockbuster on-demand service “will be integrated into TiVo Series2™, Series3™, TiVo HD, and TiVo HD XL DVRs. The move by two leaders in home entertainment will make it even easier for all broadband connected TiVo subscribers to download Blockbuster’s content and enjoy a complete television entertainment experience on their individual schedules using TiVo, the best and most comprehensive single solution for delivery and simple, intuitive navigation of broadband, broadcast, and cable content – all from one remote control.”
The release goes on to say, “TiVo DVRs will be sold at thousands of Blockbuster® stores nationwide as well as online at blockbuster.com, giving both companies new distribution outlets and putting TiVo DVRs and BLOCKBUSTER OnDemand front and center of where video shopping takes place. Additionally, the companies will implement a cross-marketing campaign.”
What do you think??? Comment now!
DTV Transition 2009 :: Industry effect :: Take the on-line poll now!
Nov 7th
The DTV Transition that premiered in Wilmington, North Carolina was the first DTV Test Pilot Program in which Analog Broadcasts ended on September 8, 2008.
According to the news releases, calls to the support hot line were primarily from individuals who did not read the instructions that came with their converter box. Ahhh, progress! Make your comments and take the on-line poll now. How will this effect the industry? Read the official report
[polldaddy poll=1084773]
What do you think of the CFU Video?
Oct 29th
I mentioned on LinkedIn status that I had just completed the editing of this video – what do you think?
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Council for Unity, 2008
Frustration:: Broadcast Media hardware suppliers :: MOUNTING
Oct 22nd
I was not going to write about it, but now I just can’t help myself… the little devil on my shoulder has won!
When I was making the rounds at SatCon/HDCon 2008, I was making a concerted effort to keep an open mind, to be thoughtful and understanding when new sales rep’s felt the need to explain to me how streaming media works…
I felt profoundly antagonized by these young guns – is it because I am a female? More >
SATCON 2008 Up-date
Oct 16th
This is a great 3-in-1 show and I will be posting lots of great reviews and up-dates over the next few days! The issue is that they do not have an internet kiosk for the attendees so I am forced to submit this post today from a FedExKinokos rent-a-PC at 50 cents a minute!
Check back soon for the skinny on the HD, Video over IP and Sat reviews coming soon!
CATV: Learn something new every day
Oct 14th
I always assumed that CATV was an acronym for “CAble Television” – alas, the Nico was mistaken (I know, go figure) CATV originally was “community antenna television” which later became “Community Access Television” and now it is often just associated with Cable TV.
Take a glimpse into broadcast history – this all sounds like streaming media to me:
Franklin, Curt. “How Cable Television Works.” 13 September 2000. HowStuffWorks.com 14 October 2008.Another benefit that came from the move to fiber-optic cable was greater customization. Since a single fiber-optic cable might serve 500 households, it became possible to target individual neighborhoods for messages and services. In the 1990s, cable providers found this same neighborhood grouping to be ideal for creating a local-area network and providing Internet access through cable modems.
In 1989, General Instruments demonstrated that it was possible to convert an analog cable signal to digital and transmit it in a standard 6-MHz television channel. Using MPEG compression, CATV systems installed today can transmit up to 10 channels of video in the 6-MHz bandwidth of a single analog channel. When combined with a 550-MHz overall bandwidth, this allows the possibility of nearly 1,000 channels of video on a system. In addition, digital technology allows for error correction to ensure the quality of the received signal.
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–> The move to digital technology also changed the quality of one of cable television’s most visible features: the scrambled channel.
If you would like more on the origin of “CATV” – go here: Franklin, Curt. “How Cable Television Works.” 13 September 2000. HowStuffWorks.com 14 October 2008.
SATCON 2008 Conference & Expo @ NYC Javits Conference Center
Oct 13th
Product & Service reviews from SATCON 2008
Included in this post are some of the exhibitors I intend to visit, time permitting. I am sure I will stumble on other exhbitors not on this list that may or may not impress me.
Leave a comment if you have any requests or recommendations.
Oooh, that's splice-y!
Oct 11th
I’d like to introduce this blog in a way that makes sense to the world outside of my own mind – the evolution of this blog is somewhat convoluted today, as is the time in which we are now working – and especially so, as I am about to launch a new business on Wall Street in New York City, during a financial crisis
I am currently working on building out an HD fiber solution pointing to Azzurro, here in New York City, from a Wall Street conference center.
Verizon Business HD DVTS field engineers came to the space in Wall Street last Friday to do a site survey, they followed fiber through shaft-ways and floor boards and determined that the fiber was live but they couldn’t track down exactly where the splice led to.This is common in New York City, apparently the fiber in question was first dropped in 01/2008 and the engineer who did it is no longer “available” to fulfill the work-order. A random splice that leads to somewhere, just not exactly sure where somewhere is.
Although my active background focused on Enterprise technology, having served 7 years at JPMorganChase HQ in NYC, I spent a lot of time working in and around the Enterprise infrastructure building out their streaming media solutions – through 3 mergers, multiple integrations and “refresh” projects – and I tell you what… the corporate enterprise and the infrastructures we find in the large cities translate quite literally by a matter of scale, only varying by the number of “boxes” and dependencies crammed into what some may just sum up as the “cloud” – I reject the whole concept of the cloud – they do translate quite literally, with all the same vulnerabilities, bubble-gum hybrid cross-connects and good intentions.