Posts Tagged ‘VOD’

Starting on March 25th and ending seven glorious days later on March 31st, I may try to watch more consecutive hours of television than most people watch in a month.

Need to rewatch a General Session or a segment from Imagine Park? Don’t fret, we have video ready for you to view. Please note that we are in the process of adding all of the Imagine Park segments.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sURBK9YZerk] This video on the partnership between MSOs and programmers brought us Movies on Demand was shown during The Cable Show 2010 General Session – Storytelling 3.0: Audiences, Creators, Content & Connection.  The video of the Storytelling 3.0  is available for streamed viewing.

The panel “Now Entering VOD-Ville: New Dimensions for Anytime Video” was jam-packed, perhaps reflecting the interest in the new on-demand world. Matt Stump moderated with Stephen Burke (Comcast Corporation), Jeff Gaspin (Universal Television Group), Landel Hobbs (Time Warner Cable), Tom Rutledge (Cablevision Systems Corporation), and David Zaslav (Discovery Communications).

A pretty hilarious moment (for me anyway) occurred on today’s edition of the syndicated television program Martha. During the last segment of today’s show, host Martha Stewart had her guest Sheraton Kalouria, the president of broadcasting for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, demonstrate how to use Video on Demand.

“Advertising” and “on demand” seem to be tied at the semantic hip here, as momentum builds for new systems and approaches designed to weave advertising support into cable’s growing video-on-demand business.

CableNET Glimpses the Future – for the 15th Time – a preview of the annual technology showcase that began back in 1993 at the old Western Show NCTA’s Unflappable Eye of the Hurricane – a profile of Barbara York, NCTA’s senior Vice President of Industry Affairs and organizer of The Cable Show The Industry’s Convergence, the Consumer’s ‘Flow’ – The Cable Show’s co-chairs George Bodenheimer and Pat Esser offer a preview of this week 20 Years On, a New Climate – editorial by Cox’s Pat Esser Cable Tech Execs Talk OCAP – article on cable operators’ rollout of OCAP McSlarrow Preaches Calm Amidst Chaos – an interview with Kyle McSlarrow, NCTA’s President & CEO, about cable’s legislative outlook NCTA: Cable “Just Scratching Surface” of VOD – coverage of the panel “Cable 2.0: Growing Cable’s Next Business Opportunity” Convention Speakers Call for Broadband Partnerships – article on the Town Hall of state & local regulators, mentioned previously