CNN streams P2P video for inauguration.

CNN got a lot of attention as the place to watch live streaming video of the inauguration.

However many people were unaware that they agreed to share their bandwidth via a P2P application called Octoshape .

Serious Questions Raised About CNN's Use Of Stealthy P2P Video For The Inauguration | Techdirt

Source SlashDot - CNN Uses P2P Video & Adds Terrible EULA
"CNN's use of software called Octoshape presents an incredibly abusive EULA. If you agree to the EULA, you agree that CNN can use your bandwidth, and that you will pay any costs. Also, you lose the right to monitor your own network traffic. You can't even use information collected by your own firewall. Quoting the EULA: 'You may not collect any information about communication in the network of computers that are operating the Software or about the other users of the Software by monitoring, interdicting or intercepting any process of the Software. Octoshape recognizes that firewalls and anti-virus applications can collect such information, in which case you not are allowed to use or distribute such information.' "

CNN's P2P Live Video Player Sucks Your Bandwidth Dry

LCD's : there are some side effects

Slashdot | Input Lag, Or Why Faster Isn't Always Better

Source: hardware.slashdot.or...

"LCD monitor manufacturers have constantly pushed panel response times down with a technique called 'overdrive,' which increases the voltage to force the liquid crystals to change color states faster. Sadly, there are some side effects such as input lag and inverse ghosting associated with this — although the manufacturers themselves are very quiet about the subject. This feature (with video) looks at the problem in detail. The upshot is, you may want to test drive very carefully any display boasting low integer millisecond pixel response times."

MetaSolv - operations support system (OSS) for next-generation communications service providers.

http://www.ossnewsreview.com/telecom-oss/category/metasolv/
http://www.oracle.com/metasolv/index.html

In plain english MetaSolv makes telco billing and tracking software. They are using for Cable TV too and Video On Demand.

MetaSolv, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSLV), a global leader in service fulfillment operations support system (OSS) solutions for next-generation communications service providers, has announced that Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) has agreed to acquire MetaSolv through a cash merger for $4.10 per share, or approximately $219.2 million. The agreement is subject to stockholder and regulatory approval and is expected to close in late 2006 or early 2007.

Oracle has acquired MetaSolv, recognized leader in service fulfillment operations support system (OSS) solutions for next-generation communications service providers.

The acquisition further extends Oracle's leadership in the communications industry and creates an end-to-end packaged software suite for key communications industry processes, including Business Support Systems (BSS), Operational Support Systems (OSS), Service Delivery Platform (SDP) and enterprise applications.

Telenet Deploys MetaSolv for Digital TV Activation

8:47 pm - May 16th, 2006

MetaSolv Software, Inc., a leader in comprehensive operations support system solutions for next-generation communications service providers, today announced that Telenet has successfully deployed MetaSolv ™s convergent service activation platform for Digital TV services. Telenet is the largest provider of broadband cable services in Belgium “ including cable television, high speed internet and telephony services “ with over 1.8 million subscribers.

Telenet ™s converged services require a converged cross-domain activation platform - a single order of complex services can trigger activation and configuration requirements in multiple domains, including POTS, VoIP, Digital TV, and DSL-Broadband, all of which are supported by MetaSolv ™s activation solution. (more…)

Azzurro Systems Integration Wins Time Warner Cable Buffalo Contract for Advanced Studio Automation

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Azzurro Systems Integration Wins Time Warner Cable Buffalo Contract for Advanced Studio Automation

New York, NY, February 2, 2009 – Azzurro Systems Integration, a unit of Azzurro HD, announced today that Time Warner Cable Buffalo has awarded it a contract for development of an automated television production facility creating a new paradigm in local TV news. Known for pushing the boundaries of technology, Time Warner Cable will debut in early 2009 a new 24-hour local news channel made possible by advances in studio automation never before available in a market of this size.
The television production facility will be equipped with a one-camera studio capable of hosting two talent positions, plus a newsroom area for six reporters, two producers and two Final Cut Pro edit workstations. The reporter stations will be capable of P2 ingest and desktop editing using the Dalet Editing application. The master control room will feature a large 65” LCD monitor fed from an Evertz VIP processor.
Steve Paulus, Regional Vice President of Time Warner Cable’s News Division, stated "We are very excited to bring local news to the Buffalo area by creating a new paradigm in news production. We spent considerable time researching vendors and partners for this new opportunity and we are confident that the channel will be well received. ASI has helped us define the requirements and has been very instrumental in providing the intellectual property required when putting together a project like this in a record breaking time."
About Azzurro Systems Integration
Azzurro Systems Integration (ASI) is a full service systems design and integration company that is a unit of Azzurro HD, . ASI addresses the technical needs of the television industry and offers comprehensive solutions, including consulting, engineering, design, documentation, project management, equipment procurement, custom fabrication, system integration, project commissioning, training, and after-installation support.

Azzurro HD operates the Meet Me Point for Digital: the first all-digital, HD-enabled aggregation and switching facility for television content in the USA. Located at the AT&T Building at 32 Avenue of the Americas in New York City, the Azzurro HD facility provides all-digital transport and switching using state-of-the-art equipment, with a clear forward path to serve the growing need for uncompressed HDTV transport. The company also provisions fiber for first-mile and last-mile connections, satellite uplinks for program distribution and both software and storage for secure digital archiving of tape libraries.

ASI is headquartered at 100 Stonehurst Ct., Northvale, NJ 07647. For more information, visit www.azzurrohd.com or contact Bill Cordo, Senior Sales Director, at 201-767-0850 or bcordo@azzurrohd.com.

SILICON IMAGE JOINS MoCA

San Ramon, Calif., February 3, 2009 - Silicon Image, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIMG), a leader in semiconductors and intellectual property for the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content, has joined MoCA (R) as a Contributor level member.

Contributor members participate in the development of the specification, have voting rights and are encouraged to participate in the various work groups and committees.

"We are very pleased to join MoCA and are looking forward to working with the alliance to promote high-definition (HD) and high-fidelity media streaming on multiple screens throughout the home," said Rob Tobias, director of product marketing at Silicon Image, Inc. "MoCA is very complementary to Silicon Image's recently introduced LiquidHD suite of protocols as it supports whole home entertainment networking."

"Silicon Image's focus has been on connecting high definition devices and their creative accomplishments have inspired the industry," said Charles Cerino, president of MoCA. "We are very pleased to have them join and we know that their contribution will be invaluable and vital to MoCA's march toward worldwide adoption."

Contact:
Rob Gelphman
Chair, MWG,
MoCA
408/838-7458
robgelphman@mocalliance.org robgelphman@mocalliance.org>

About Silicon Image, Inc.
Silicon Image, Inc. is a leading provider of semiconductor and intellectual property products for the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content. With a rich history of technology innovation that includes creating industry standards such as DVI and HDMI, the company's solutions facilitate the use of digital content amongst consumer electronics, personal computer (PC) and storage devices, with the goal to securely deliver digital content anytime, anywhere and on any device. Founded in 1995, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with regional engineering and sales offices in China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.siliconimage.com <http://www.siliconimage.com/>

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About MoCA
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA (R) is an open, industry driven initiative promoting distribution of digital video and entertainment through existing coaxial cable in the home. MoCA technology provides the backbone for whole home entertainment networks of multiple wired and wireless products. Visit www.mocalliance.org for more information. MoCA's new video-based web site addressing consumers is http://www.connectmystuff.org.


Silicon Image and LiquidHD are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Silicon Image, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. HDMI is a trademark or registered trademark of HDMI Licensing, LLC in the United States and/or other countries. MoCA is a registered trademark of the Multimedia over Coax Alliance. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners in the Unites States and/or other countries.


Thank you,
R. Silverstein
MoCA
408.416.6501
robertas@mocalliance.org

Remember the Osprey high end Video Capture Boards.

These were all the rage back in the late 90's. They are made by ViewCast

I had totally forgotten about them, and when I went to try to find http://www.radioparadise.com/
I accidentally went to
http://www.paradise.com/

Turns out to be a reseller of the Osprey Video Capture boards.


I much prefer dealing with Lazlow Zoltan of computer modules down in San Diego. Great guy.
He also sells the Osprey board.

http://www.compumodules.com/professional-video/viewcast-osprey-windows-media-streaming.shtml

I did a project with the SDI-Master board, from him a few years ago.

Well at least back then they were just Brooktree BT848/BT878 Capture boards.
I was able to get an almost identical capture board (lower quality) for $15 from lifeview in Milpitas. But I think they are long gone now, this was back in 1999 when I was doing this work.
The Brooktree was aquired and is now Conexant.
The chips became the Fusion 878 chip.
To this days it's still one of my favorite capture chips. Much simpler then the Techwell parts.

The GeoVision and Kodicom CCTV DVR capture boards also use this same chip.
My livecam product was also built around it.

Quantum Camera On a Silicon Chip

From: Slashdot

"Physicists in Switzerland and California have developed a new type of camera capable of imaging quantum correlations between pairs of photons. The details are presented in the current issue of the open-access publication New Journal of Physics. Unlike a conventional camera with a CCD imager, this camera is composed of Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) pixels implemented on a high-performance CMOS chip. One of the authors has provided more background for the non-physicist. Apparently, it could be used to verify the existence of Bose-Einstein condensates that are now starting to be produced in new ways."

TEMPEST: A Signal Problem

from: Hackaday

TEMPEST is the covername used by the NSA and other agencies to talk about emissions from computing machinery that can divulge what the equipment is processing. We’ve covered a few projects in the past that specifically intercept EM radiation. TEMPEST for Eliza can transmit via AM using a CRT monitor, and just last Fall a group showed how to monitor USB keyboards remotely. Through the Freedom of Information Act, an interesting article from 1972 has been released. TEMPEST: A Signal Problem (PDF) covers the early history of how this phenomenon was discovered. Uncovered by Bell Labs in WWII, it affected a piece of encryption gear they were supplying to the military. The plaintext could be read over that air and also by monitoring spikes on the powerlines. Their new, heavily shielded and line filtered version of the device was rejected by the military who simply told commanders to monitor a 100 feet around their post to prevent eavesdropping. It’s an interesting read and also covers acoustic monitoring. This is just the US history of TEMPEST though, but from the anecdotes it sounds like their enemies were not just keeping pace but were also better informed.

Delay in analog TV shutdown presents challenges

From : http://news.wired.com

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With the clock ticking toward the Feb. 17 deadline for TV broadcasters to shut off their analog signals and go entirely digital, analysts say more than 6.5 million households are not ready. Now Congress appears poised to postpone the transition to June - but a delay could bring its own problems.

To avoid blacking out TV sets in unprepared homes next month, the Obama administration is seeking the delay to give the government more time to fix a subsidy program that has run out of money for coupons that help consumers pay for digital converter boxes for older TVs.

See link for rest.

Bye Bye Zune.

Microsoft To Exit the Zune Business?

According to Microsoft's quarterly filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Zune platform experienced a revenue drop of 54 percent, or $100 million. This compares to relatively healthy sales of the iPod, which were up 3 percent in the same period (though revenue did drop by 16 percent). Obviously, with the recent job cuts at Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, pundits are wondering how soon until the Zune also gets the chop. As one pundit wrote: 'Microsoft, by now, should be realizing that it's never going to be as "cool" as Apple, so why waste its time with the Zune where it has no competitive advantage?'"

Cox Blocked

I downloaded a movie using Bit Torrent off of Isohunt. But this movie was really a trojan of a new flavor. Turns out the wmv video file was set up to have the video codec to call back home for DRM activation over the net. So when you try to play this file, Cox Cable uses this to shut down the Internet connection. For a few hours there was no way to get back on. It seemed completely dead.
Fortunately there was an easy fix. Eventually you will get a page about DMCA violations with a link to restore the connection.

Every web site you try to access come back with this page.


That link is http://anydomain.com/?action=reactivate The second time this happened, I already knew this and was able to reactivate instantly.

HDMI / HDCP with 2560 x 1600 Support?

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=759929

Answer:
The Dell 3007WFP and Hewlett Packard LP3065 30" LCD monitors require a
graphics card with a dual-link DVI port to drive the ultra high native
resolution of 2560x1600 which these monitors support. With the current
family of NVIDIA Geforce 8 & 7 series HDCP capable GPU's, playback of
HDCP content is limited to single-link DVI connection only. HDCP is
disabled over a dual-link DVI connection. The highest resolution the
Dell 30" 3007WFP supports in single-link DVI mode is 1280x800 and
therefore this is the highest resolution which HDCP playback is
supported in single-link DVI mode on current Geforce 8 &7 series HDCP
capable GPU's. On other 3rd party displays with a native resolutions
of 1920x1200 and below, the graphics card interfaces with the monitor
over a single-link DVI connection. In this case, playback of content
protected Blu-Ray and HD-DVD movies is possible on HDCP capable
Geforce 8& 7 series GPU's.

There is some hope though: dv411(dot)com is selling converters which
may provide the adaptation necessary for the giant monitors coming our
way. The $450 price tag is steep, IMHO, but that doesn't mean there
isn't already competition in the converter arena of that prices won't
plummet once the converging technologies and trends gain momentum.

Nervous System Manipulation by electromagnetic fields from Monitors

Nervous System Manipulation by electromagnetic fields from Monitors
Patent 6,506,148

I don't think this will work on LCD's. Maybe Plasma?







Subliminal Learning Demonstrated In Human Brain

{image: New research uses sophisticated perceptual masking,
computational modeling, and neuroimaging to show that instrumental
learning can occur in the human brain without conscious processing of
contextual cues. (Credit: iStockphoto/Kiyoshi Takahase Segundo)}

ScienceDaily (Aug. 28, 2008) — Although the idea that instrumental
learning can occur subconsciously has been around for nearly a
century, it had not been unequivocally demonstrated. Now, a new study
published by Cell Press in the August 28 issue of the journal Neuron
used sophisticated perceptual masking, computational modeling, and
neuroimaging to show that instrumental learning can occur in the human
brain without conscious processing of contextual cues.

"Humans frequently invoke an argument that their intuition can result
in a better decision than conscious reasoning," says lead author Dr.
Mathias Pessiglione from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at
the University College London. "Such assertions may rely on
subconscious associative learning between subliminal signals present
in a given situation and choice outcomes." For instance, a seasoned
poker player may play more successfully because of a learned
association between monetary outcomes and subliminal behavioral
manifestations of their opponents.

To investigate this phenomenon, Dr. Pessiglione and colleagues created
visual cues from scrambled, novel, abstract symbols. Visual awareness
was assessed by displaying two of the masked cues and asking subjects
if they perceived any difference. "We reasoned that if subjects were
unable to correctly perceive any difference between the masked cues,
then they were also unable to build conscious representations of
cue-outcome associations," explains Dr. Pessiglione.

In the next set of experiments, subjects performed a subliminal
conditioning task that employed the same masking procedure, but the
cues were now paired with monetary outcomes. Using this methodology,
the researchers observed that pairing rewards and punishments guided
behavioral responses and even conditioned preferences for abstract
cues that subjects could not consciously see.

The researchers collected scans of the brain, using functional
magnetic resonance imaging, to investigate the specific brain
circuitry that is linked to subliminal instrumental conditioning. "The
ventral striatum responded to subliminal cues and to visible outcomes
in a manner that closely approximates our computational algorithm,
expressing reward expected values and prediction errors," says Dr.
Pessiglione. "We conclude that, even without conscious processing of
contextual cues, our brain can learn their reward value and use them
to provide a bias on decision making."

The researchers include Mathias Pessiglione, University College
London, London, UK, INSERM U610, Universite´ Pierre et Marie Curie,
Paris, France; Predrag Petrovic, University College London, London, UK
Jean Daunizeau, University College London, London, UK; Stefano
Palminteri, INSERM U610, Universite´ Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris,
France; Raymond J. Dolan, University College London, London, UKand
Chris D. Frith, University College London, London, UK.


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Journal reference:

Mathias Pessiglione, Predrag Petrovic, Jean Daunizeau, Stefano
Palminteri, Raymond J. Dolan, and Chris D. Frith. Subliminal
Instrumental Conditioning Demonstrated in the Human Brain. Neuron,
2008; 59: 561-567 [link]
Adapted from materials provided by Cell Press, via EurekAlert!, a
service of AAAS.
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the following formats:
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If You Get HDTV, Get An Eye Exam, Says Totally Unbiased Study

from : TechDirt

A new study says that people who are getting high-definition TV gear need to get an eye exam, too, so they can be certain they're getting the maximum benefit out of their new equipment. The recommendation comes from a study commissioned by -- wait for it -- a chain of opticians, which in no way calls into question the veracity of their argument. A spokesman for the chain says that even a tiny bit of shortsightedness can effect the quality of the picture a person sees. That's probably true, but won't the HD picture still look much better than the SD image regardless?

The Digital TV switchover

It really looks like the change over to Digital is not going to go well.

One of the things people are failing to realize is the Digital "all or nothing" problem.

By this I mean, when you have a clean signal both Analog and Digital work great, Digital is much better image quality.

But with a weak signal, if Digital get's too many errors, you see black or jumbled up images.

Where with Analog, it degrades gracefully. The video just gets fuzzy and snow, but you can still have a viewable image long past the point where digital will stop working!

For people with Cable TV this is a non-issue, but for people that can't afford it, and live in outlying areas, they may not get any TV soon.

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Conflict of Interest May Taint DTV Delay Proposal

Anonymous writes "Ars Technica has discovered that one of the Obama transition team members advising on the digital TV transition has a conflict of interest that would benefit WiMAX carrier Clearwire over Verizon. 'Barack Obama's call to delay the DTV transition would affect not only millions of analog TV viewers, but also powerful companies with a vested interest in the changeover date — including at least one with an executive on Obama's transition team.'"

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DTV Coupon Program Out of Money

Thelasko writes "It appears that the US Government's digital converter box program is running out of money. If you sign up after the program runs out of money, you will receive your voucher if the program receives more funding. Older analog televisions will no longer work without a converter box after February 17."

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Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Others Fined Over Digital TV Notices
On April 12th, 2008

Ian Lamont writes "The FCC has fined 11 retailers and television manufacturers for violating rules relating to the 2009 digital TV transition. Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, Sears, Kmart, and Wal-Mart supposedly failed to place notices near analog-only TV sets warning customers that the sets did not have digital tuners. In part, the required notice reads: 'This television receiver has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009, to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the Nation's transition to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products.' The fines total $6.6 million."

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The Digital TV switchover
by Matt Haughey January 13, 2009

I'm going to go out on a not-so-far limb and say the scheduled Digital TV switchover away from analog scheduled to take place next month on February 17 is going to be delayed again. Originally planned to take place several years ago but pushed to 2009, the early tests in various markets sounded problematic and I can't imagine what will happen on a national scale.

Obama's transition team has already recommended a delay, I bet one of his first actions as president will be to push it back to 2010-2012. The only weird bit is that Hawaii is scheduled to change over in two days, so if Obama does move it back another year or two, will Hawaii stay digital-only?

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From John Sokol

Related Reading:

FCC: DTV REPORT ON COFDM AND 8-VSB PERFORMANCE September 30, 1999

FCC's Digital Television (DTV) Regulatory Information

http://www.dtv.gov, for the FCC's consumer-oriented DTV website.

Vizio HDTVs with Amazon and Netflix

http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2009/01/vizio-hdtvs-with-amazon-and-netflix.html

by Matt Haughey January 14, 2009
I looked around at a lot of CES wrapups and to be honest didn't see too many impressive things. Nothing really stood out as an all-new aha! kind of gadget like I've seen in years past. The theme of this year seemed to be mostly just refinement of existing technologies.

Towards that theme, I'd have to say the best thing I've seen so far is this line of Vizio HDTVs with built-in 802.11n allowing for Netflix and Amazon streaming movies, Rhapsody music, and flickr photo integration. It's nice to see more opportunities for Netflix streaming to show up in the wild (I love the feature on my TiVo) and it's also nice to see it from a company like Vizio, who I associate with being an affordable brand at big box stores like Costco.
I suppose the tanking economy took the wind out of the sails of most CES news this week, but I'm still a bit surprised there weren't any wild breakthrough products unveiled.

YouTube Coming Soon to a TV Near You

http://lifehacker.com/5132509/youtube-coming-soon-to-a-tv-near-you

Video streaming web site YouTube announced a new beta service today called YouTube for TV (if you want to try it in your regular browser, here's how). To begin with, the service is available on Sony PS3s and Nintendo Wiis, offering a "10-foot television viewing experience through a streamlined interface that enables you to discover, watch, and share YouTube videos on any TV screen with just a few quick clicks of your remote control." Sounds good so far, but if you've got a Wii or PS3, let's hear what you think in the comments.

SIGGRAPH 2008: The quest for more pixels

http://www.hackaday.com/2008/08/20/siggraph-2008-the-quest-for-more-pixels/

Great article.

Now for the Wacky Idea: first run movies on Bit Torrent.

I have the rights to make a movie based on a famous SciFi writer short story who just passed.

After 3 years of rejections from Hollywood, I was thinking that maybe we can fund the movie with donations and grants and release the movie freely (GPL style) over Bit Torrent and BlueRay and then see what it will take to get it played in theaters. I really think it would be so cool and set a whole new model for film production, copyleft movies. Am I a nut job or is this just crazy enough to work?

If you have any thoughts on that please leave a comment.

Or you can mail me at http://www.videotechnology.com/contact.html

Also see my other blog post
copyleft-movies-can-it-be-done

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Update:
South Park To Be Available Online Free and Legal
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/27/175241"

South Park is coming online, free and legal. My brief research has not indicated if it will use DRM, require some silly Windows-only software or be otherwise substandard. According to a Wired blog article, 'Parker and Stone said they were inspired to start the site when they got 'really sick of having to download our own show illegally all the time. So we gave ourselves a legal alternative.'" In this regard South Park joins fellow Comedy Central notable The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, whose archive was made freely available online late last year.

Internet statistics

Marie Stolt	Mon, Jul 2, 2007 at 2:00 AM
To: videotechmag
Hi, My name is Marie Stolt and I'm doing a project for Ericsson. I've read THE article -"The next wave of Massive Disruption to the U.S. Peering ecosystem"- and looked at the references and found your homepage and an article from John L. Sokol. I'm looking for traffic statistics for wireline and wireless networks(data, not voice) but with an emphasize on wireline networks. Information of interest are: How much data in terms of Minute of Use, or Byte per month.(Find this very hard to find, the operators are very secretive with this information- where can I get it?) The internet usage (in average). How has it developed by time What type of applications!!(music, mobile-tv ...) Methodology used to collect traffic data Trends in terms of usage over they day, over the week, over the month, last couple of years Alll information I can get on this subject is of interest. You really seem to have an insight in the topic and may have some thoughts to share. Also, If you have any facts or thoughts about how internet-user changes their usage and go mobile I'm very interested. How many will use their mobile phone to access the internet instead of their computers, which applications will be used most?Why is the datatraffic increasing so much? I would really appreciate all your help! Thank you Best regards Marie Stolt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor videotechnology Mon, Jul 2, 2007 at 9:06 AM To: "Marie Stolt Cc: Leveious Rolando Oh wow, I had no idea someone referenced my work. Cool. My view on this subject comes from the underlying hardware and software, and what is technically possible. I also consult with many companies and so I get lots of little data points here and there and from my network of friends. "Economics of video" was written because I got tired of repeating myself to people about what the technology is capable of. So many people would overlook the cost of scaling up such a systems and it's inherent long term costs. Many of the number you ask are very tightly guarded secrets. You will not get them. Data traffic is increasing because it's needed. Download as a model is terrible, Streaming will ultimately win and probably with a pay to play model. 1.) because no one want to manage MP3's and video files. 2.) bandwidth will be available and carriers want to sell it. 3.) Music companies want more control over there content. Steve Job's download model is only a temporary fix till the technology catches up. In the US we are very far behind. In china and Europe people have had MP3 capable phones for years even though we are just starting to see them here in the past year. Music and Video will drive data, then video conferencing. At some point the cell phone will replace USB Flash Drives, PDA's and just about anything else you carry including your ID's and wallet. But why pay and download one song or later movie at a time when you can just have access to a pool of Millions of songs and movies. And at some point vidoe blogs and the blog sphere. Kids will just point there phones at someone blog web site and just take advice from that person as to what is cool to listen too next. and it will be much like radio but much more niche, group of friends oriented. and non-realtime meaning, more like a PVR, you can stop or go back to what was playing an hour ago. Streaming will ultimately drive the data services. But for today it mostly download and Internet. I will forward this to a friend who is very close to the Cell phone stuff, he researches this full time, I spend much of yesterday with him chatting on this very subject. His name is Leveious Rolando and has a really understanding of this market. John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- leveious rolando Wed, Jul 4, 2007 at 1:25 PM Reply-To: leveious To: videotechmag Cc: john.sokol Hello Ms Stolts .. How are you I apologize not getting back to you .. John ask me to write you .. Inregards to a a Project via Ericsson May i ask you if you are writting a " White Paper"! below is the questions you wrote to john regarding in ground breaking paper on subject of "Economics of video" I can answer some those questions or i know who and what research firms send you To First all all the music and mobile tv in Europe is driven by life style culture in regards to certain types of youth and Migration of Asain youth from Korean-Japanese-Isreali to American cities( back forth) these are the groups and sub-culture who have driven Mobile phones in to the market place.. many of them have 2 to 3 phones on the average and this is what alot people are not aware .. they might have T- Side kick and another phone that is pay as you go ..and one phone that is paid Monthly. You must give me a few days to excess the information and We have proposal for you in doing so.! Cordially Yours Leveious Rolando