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The Video Information Provider Newsletter

What are the telcos' broadband video platform plans? That is the single focus of the Video Information Provider Newsletter. Each month it provides balanced news, analysis and exclusive interviews with key decision makers in the industry. It covers all aspects of the topic from strategy to legislative, from technology to regulatory, from video dialtone to cable. It covers all of the major U.S. Local Exchange Carrier's broadband video plans in a concise, readable manner. A must for marketing executives, strategic planners, technology officers, and new media directors.

Video Information Provider Consulting

Video Information Provider Consulting (VIPC) is a consultancy specializing in telephone companies' broadband video strategies. It provides: strategic consulting, business plans, financial and market analysis, industry introductions, and presentation/prototype/web site preparation. VIPC can help you prepare and execute an effective strategy for getting the most out of Video Dialtone, Digital Television and Interactive Television

Frequently Asked Questions About Video Strategies of Telephone Companies

Below is the table of contents of Telephone Companies Video Strategies FAQ.
1.0 Executive Summary
2.0 The phone companies do not have many video customers, why so much hoopla?
3.0 What about alternatives to Video Dialtone?
4.0 Will these systems all be essentially the same?
5.0 What is some of the history behind this?
6.0 What is a 214?
6.1 Which companies have applied to the FCC, for where, passing how many homes?
7.0 What kind of technology is involved?
7.1 Full Motion Video Sample of a Switched Digital Video Network
8.0 What about video servers?
9.0 What about ATM?
10.0 What about set-tops?
11.0 I keep hearing about Level 1 and Level 2 gateways, what are they?
11.0a What's Stargazer?
12.0 What are the limits of these systems?
13.0 How does video compression work into this?
14.0 How does the '95 telecom legislation impact this?
15.0 What are the gating factors for deployment?
16.0 What, specifically, are the regulations?
17.0 I've seen the commercials, is all that cool stuff really going to happen?
18.0 What are VIPs?
19.0 What is TELE-TV?
20.0 What is Americast?
21.0 What are the business relationship?
22.0 Who pays whom?
23.0 What is MMDS wireless cable and who is using it?
24.0 Competitive Systems
25.0 How much will these services cost?
26.0 Conclusions
27.0 Glossary of Video Dialtone Terms
28.0 Where do I go for more information?
29.0 What does Video Information Provider Consulting do that they have time to put together something like this?