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tHAWT Episode #165: Television distribution

Posted Monday, August 03, 2009 8:12 AM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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Our combined tHAWT and Podsnack approach continues to evolve. In this episode Paul discusses a couple of news items but the bulk of the discussion is focused on technology related to television distribution. The links covered are below. Yahoo/Microsoft Read More...

tHAWT Episode #146: Not the bottom of the barrel

Posted Sunday, March 22, 2009 1:15 PM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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In this episode of tHAWT, Paul and I kicked off the discussion around interactive TV technology. Verizon has announced that it is expanding its capability. I for one am surprised it is not just focusing on a single technology but instead is looking at Read More...

PodSnack: Joost

Posted Friday, October 03, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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The other day I promised you that Peter would return today to give you a summary of a new Internet application. This one is about television and entertainment, and it is known as Joost . The cable companies and telco's deploying video services should Read More...

Reality Check: IPTV

Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 10:28 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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In a few recent blogs , I took up the issue of IPTV and what the future might look like. It's exciting, and I firmly believe that we are on the cusp of a revolution in how we get our television fix. But I was thinking about this a bit the other day, Read More...

Signs of IPTV

Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 3:29 PM by mgilbert :: 1 Comments
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A couple of news articles came to my attention today, and they relate to my recent post on both career advice , and IPTV . It's no surprise that we are headed to IP -based everything: voice, data, video conferencing, and just plain old television. Read More...

Taking a Look at IPTV

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:13 PM by mgilbert :: 1 Comments
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When you look at the acronym, it should be clear that IPTV is television in packets over an IP network. On that we can all agree. But there is a lot more to it than that. And it's important because it is (in my opinion) inevitable. This month's Read More...

PodSnacks: Real-time Transport Protocol

Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 1 Comments
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Since we spent a little time talking about the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) yesterday, this seemed like a good time to take a look at another Transport Layer function that is increasingly important today: the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP). RTP plays Read More...

tHAWT Episode #80: Mighty Mobile Moguls Getting Google's Gallant Gadgets

Posted Saturday, November 03, 2007 3:10 PM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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In this episode of tHAWT, Paul and I initially talk about alliterations, hence my feeble attempt at the title of this episode. The title also refers to the first telecommunications topic of discussion: Google in talks with the mobile giants. A number Read More...

PodSnacks: IP Television

Posted Friday, August 31, 2007 7:21 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Lately I've been getting more and more immersed in how television gets to the subscriber. Some of it is just downright fascinating. And it's all in the process of changing. Once again, IP and the Internet are changing things. Today, instead of Read More...

PodSnacks: Joost

Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 10:34 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Yesterday I promised you that Peter would return today to give you a summary of a new Internet application. This one is about television and entertainment, and it is known as Joost . The cable companies and telco's deploying video services should Read More...

Microsoft expand their IPTV platform

Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:39 AM by davet :: 0 Comments
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At NXTcomm Microsoft announced expansion and rebranding of their IPTV platform. The new name is Mediaroom. A demonstration of the system can be found here . The system integrates media sources through a simple user interface. It provides the ability to Read More...

Getting a Little Juiced... or is that Joost?

Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:42 PM by mgilbert :: 1 Comments
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They're at it again. Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the boys who gave is Kazaa and Skype , are launching a new enterprise. This time, according to this Associated Press article, they're going to work on doing for television what they have done Read More...

tHAWT Episode 35: Do We Need To Lawyer Up?

Posted Friday, December 22, 2006 1:21 PM by ntodd :: 3 Comments
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Well, it's almost the end of the year, so Adam, Andrew, Dave, Paul and Todd got together for a chat about what they consider the coolest technology happenings of 2006 . No thoughts were harmed and very few laws were broken during the recording session. Read More...

tHAWT Episode 33: WiNOT and the VoIP Dead Zone

Posted Saturday, December 09, 2006 9:27 AM by davet :: 0 Comments
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After a hectic week, Paul and Dave kick back and discuss a few of the hot issues in telecom. In this episode they start with a look at the wireless world. WiMAX and RFID are the main topics, but as ususal they stray from the main theme. As we enter the Read More...

tHAWT Episode 31: Black Friday Musings

Posted Friday, November 24, 2006 9:02 AM by ntodd :: 0 Comments
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In this episode , Dave and Todd emerge from tryptophan-induced comas and avoid the Black Friday crush by podcasting in relative safety about iPod and IP video, the Library of Congress, and telcos versus the cable companies yet again. Todd even makes a Read More...
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