Problem or Opportunity? Steve Jobs on Standardizing Royalty Free Codecs
June 3, 2010 – 4:38 pm | No Comment

As readers of this blog know, I am a long-time proponent of royalty-free standardization as the best option for open Web media, preferable to informal, vendor-run open-sourcing of undocumented or unreviewed Intellectual Property Rights.
MPEG, an …

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Broadband Recovery Needs A Policy Preference for Royalty-Free Standards
March 25, 2009 – 1:57 pm | No Comment
Broadband Recovery Needs A Policy Preference for Royalty-Free Standards

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the “Recovery Act”, has allocated an unprecedented $7 Billion to broadband and has launched a new chapter of broadband policy in the US.
The coming months will inspire …

Why the Sad State of Interactive TV Matters and What to Do About It
March 16, 2009 – 10:47 am | One Comment
Why the Sad State of Interactive TV Matters and What to Do About It

What would the Internet look like today if history had been just slightly different?
Say for example the Internet’s open, royalty-free foundation — protocols, HTML, etc. — hadn’t mostly won out?
Leaving only proprietary solutions or shifting …

FCC Agrees to Hear DTV Patent Comments
March 12, 2009 – 5:13 pm | No Comment
FCC Agrees to Hear DTV Patent Comments

The FCC has requested comments on the CUT FATT petition (discussed here) to review DTV patent abuses.
Some articles on the FCC request are here and here, the FCC notice (comments due April 27) is here, …

Open Video Movement Gains Steam
March 12, 2009 – 1:25 pm | No Comment

The crying need for Open Video continues to break out from under the radar, as evidenced by the blue-ribbon sponsors and diverse community of the just-announced inaugural Open Video Conference to be held June 12.
Organizers …

Java@Digital TV Conference
March 12, 2009 – 12:10 pm | No Comment

A bright potential is shining for interactive TV in Brazil, which has a unique moment of opportunity to start from a complete, royalty-free specification — Ginga – and avoid the systemic stalling gridlock that has …