No matter what the FCC decides Tuesday in its rules for the 700 MHz spectrum auctions, the political deck remains heavily stacked in favor of communications incumbents. Just ask anyone playing the the independent VoIP or the peer-to-peer worlds, two areas of innovation that are… Read More »
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Friday’s letter from Eric Schmidt to the FCC was something telecom wonks have been waiting for: Google has not just stepped up to the lobbying table, it has pushed in its entire stack of chips, challenging the incumbent telco status quo in a… Read More »
With professional leagues clamping down on the amount of game footage news and broadcast outlets can use (and yeah, we told you this might happen), programmers are looking hard at niche or ancillary content to beef up their online offerings. Perhaps a bit surprisingly, such… Read More »
If nothing else, FCC chairman Kevin Martin is a master of the media spin move. With Tuesday’s well-executed leak of his plan for the 700 MHz auction rules (to USA Today and the Wall Street Journal), Martin won headlines for championing “open” networks —… Read More »
With all the other important issues confronting presidential candidates, it’s hard sometimes to figure out where political would-be leaders stand on geek-centric topics. But since John McCain is making a whistle stop in Silicon Valley next Monday, maybe we can take advantage of the situation… Read More »
Lost in the iPhone news shuffle late last week was Frontline Wireless’s very public smackdown of telco giant Verizon, a who’s-your-daddy type challenge to debate dueling wireless networking plans in public, in front of the FCC commissioners. While Big Ivan is sure to duck… Read More »
CHICAGO — What was open-source IP PBX leader Digium doing here at the NXTcomm show, traditionally the haunt of the biggest of big telecom players? Besides attracting a fair share of traffic to its small, out-of-the way booth, founder and CTO Mark Spencer spent some… Read More »
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The P2P streaming video startup Neokast is scheduled to release its beta program today at 9 p.m. Chicago time, according to the company’s blog. Neokast, which we’ve written about a couple times before, says its QuicKast client “allows anyone to stream live to… Read More »
CHICAGO — Sure, telecom is back from the dead. But for how long? That was the unanswered question floating around the opening day of the telecom industry’s big trade show here Tuesday, as exuberance over record revenues and booming bandwidth demand was tempered by… Read More »
Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video: Disney Gets $1.5 B from Internet Group, sees more future growth in content. (Media Post) EA Sells ‘Sims’ Movie Rights, to 20th Century Fox. (Variety/Reuters) Fiber Vendors Tout Triple Play, selling carriers on IPTV… Read More »
Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video: CBS Partners with Social Networks, Community Sites, will allow content to be embedded, shared across a wide range of platforms (here’s the press release list: new deals with Automattic, Clearspring, DAVE Networks, Goowy Media,… Read More »
Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video: Turner Classic to Launch ‘Classic’ Films Portal, with shorts, clips and trailers. (Reuters/Hollywood Reporter) Charter Offers Home-Networking Help, for a $9.99 per month fee to its cable and broadband subscribers. (Light Reading) NCAA Football… Read More »
The latest big-name content producer to team with Eyespot Corp. for authorized online mashups of video clips is a biggie — George Lucas’ Lucasfilms, which will release a treasure trove of Star Wars clips for fan mashups Thursday at Starwars.com. While Eyespot co-founder David Dudas emailed… Read More »
Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video:
CNN Says ‘Pipeline’ Videos Will be Free, gives up on trying to charge for premium online content. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Mitsubishi Puts More TV in Frame, with new thin bezel for bigger LCD displays. (
Finally, an answer as to how Google is going to help online publishers monetize video assets, just like they do now with blogs: AdSense for video, where publishers of online video can choose streaming video ads, and also select where they appear in their online videos. The… Read More »
Talk about opening off-off-Broadaway: the lucky Verizon FiOS subscribers in Fort Wayne, Ind., will be the first to see the telco’s new TV interface (or Interactive Media Guide, as the marketers call it) for its fiber-to-the-home video offering. In a sneak-leaked-peek, this demo shows the zippy… Read More »
The battle over the valuable 700 MHz wireless spectrum takes an important step forward Wednesday, the day that public comments are due on the FCC’s latest proposal for rules governing the forthcoming airwaves auction. And while an interesting proposal from Google — for ongoing… Read More »
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