Category Archives: Featured

“Conflict Through Consensus”: Europe’s Hybrid Broadbanders Paint on UK’s Project Canvas

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Rob Glidden

A “Julius Stonian” observation:  standards groups aren’t “consensus organizations”, they are political organizations. Winners declare their way the “consensus”, and changes in political context shift the “consensus”. So reflects calls in several slides at yesterday’s Hybrid Broadcast-Broadband (HBB) workshop to … Continue reading →

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The BRIC That Could: How Brazil Is Changing Your TV

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Rob Glidden

Europe sneers at their technology. US’s DTV transition passed them by. BBC’s intelligentsia never noticed them. No consumer electronics industry to match Asia; neighbors don’t speak their language. So how did Brazil become a world leader in digital TV? And … Continue reading →

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DTV Patent Pools: What’s Wrong & How to Fix It

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Rob Glidden

At the 2009 Brazil SET Broadcasting & Cable Conference I presented on 3 panel topics: “DTV Patent Pools:  What’s Wrong & How to Fix It” (pdf) “Conformance & Certification: Key to Digital Switch Over“ “Hybrid TV, The Way Forward?“ Slides … Continue reading →

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Hybrid TV: The Way Forward?

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Rob Glidden

At the 2009 Brazil SET Broadcasting & Cable Conference I presented on 3 panel topics: “DTV Patent Pools:  What’s Wrong & How to Fix It“ “Conformance & Certification: Key to Digital Switch Over“ “Hybrid TV, The Way Forward?“(pdf) The overall … Continue reading →

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What Have We Learned From the Digital Switch Over?

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Rob Glidden

At the 2009 Brazil SET Broadcasting & Cable Conference I presented on 3 panel topics: “DTV Patent Pools:  What’s Wrong & How to Fix It” “Conformance & Certification: Key to Digital Switch Over” (pdf) “Hybrid TV, The Way Forward?“ The … Continue reading →

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