CTAM

Just before the 2009 CTAM Summit, in Denver (on the afternoon of “balloon boy,” in fact), I spoke with incoming CableLabs President and CEO Paul Liao. Liao, who left Panasonic for the CableLabs role, is known for his focus on consumers, and believes that marketing and technology must blend to benefit consumers. Also discussed: What’s new, what’s coming — and what the future holds for CableLabs under his leadership.

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Ron Wolfe, Senior Product Marketing Manager of Big Band Networks, explains why marketers — at cable operators and program networks — can use switching to their advantage. Upshot: Bandwidth conservation, addressable advertising, and serving ethnic neighborhoods with native language programming are all within reach. Aired during the 2007 CTAM Summit to assure sound slumber.

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Ron Wolfe, Senior Product Marketing Manager of Big Band Networks, explains how switched digital video works, why it’s a good thing for the industry, and how many households the technology currently serves. Aired to attendees of the 2007 CTAM Summit.

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Yes, dear younger viewers, there was a time when hooking up two home computers so as to share the same printer was state of the art in home networking. In this look-back-classic interview with Glenn Edens, then with AT&T Strategies, he provides a snapshot in time by trying to imagine use cases for home networks. Timestamp quote: “Today, that’s limited to the good TV set that hooks up to the VCR.”

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Here’s another one that’s a combination of funny and embarrassing to watch and post, so many years after it happened. An outdoor (hence the squinting) interview somewhere in California with Dr. Terry Shaw, Keeper of the Bandwidth at CableLabs, but in this phase of his career he’s Mister Home Networking. We’re discussing the potential for a marketplace of wired and wireless home networks that would let you connect up all your stuff. Classic. NOTE: Yes that is Susan Marshall who walks into the shot at about 2 minutes in. Hi Susan. 🙂

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