Add “Dyle” to Your Vocabulary

The folks at the Mobile Content Venture have branded their digital-access ATSC Mobile DTV services with the name “Dyle“. John Merli wrote about it in the August 24th edition of TV Technology.

What does this mean for the consumer? Well most vendors will not have smartphones, tablets or portable TV’s capable of mobile reception for sale until late 2012. So forget about buying a TV set for your car this Christmas. It will still be a portable DVD player under the tree , more than two years & three months after the analog TV shutdown.

Power To The Node

In the not too distant past there were plenty of arguments about whether fiber to the home was better than fiber to the home. Cable companies crowed that fiber to the home required expensive terminal equipment at each customer premise and that fiber to the node was the was the way to go. Well now I’m sitting here on Long Island with lots of power but no internet/phone/TV service. So much for those pole-mounted backup power supplies. Thinking about switching to Verizon FiOS.

The Monster That Ate New York

When did the recap from ESPN replace the WABC-TV produced sports segment on Eyewitness News This Morning?

(First they came for the sportscaster, then they came for the weatherman…)

Rapid-Fire Tech & Business Bootcamp

Media Paradox, The NYC Business Networking Group (NYCBNG) and the The New York Public Library, Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL) invite you to attend the Rapid-Fire Tech & Business Bootcamp:

Thursday, July 21, 2011, 3:30 PM
NYPL Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL)
188 Madison Avenue (at 34th st.) New York, NY

This 4-hour FREE event is part conference, part mini-expo and part networking event to connect you with NYC industry professionals, executives, business owners and decision makers.

Each 20-minute presentation is geared to business owners, executives & entrepreneurs who have already built a successful business and are looking to ramp up and expand. Now is the time to get you out of your comfort zone and to achieve even bigger goals.

Attend 8-10 short and informative 20-minute seminars on cutting-edge business products and services. You’ll learn how to quickly achieve success and go beyond your current business goals. Discover affordable technology to automate parts of your business and free up more of your time. Seminars will provide you with practical strategies you can implement immediately. The tips and tools you learn will drive business growth, revenue and ROI and save you time by operating your business more effectively.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

Steve Rutt, Video Pioneer, Dead At 66

From the New York Times:

“Steve Rutt, an engineer, inventor and artist whose early video animation system made images expand and contract and leap and dance, and in so doing helped propel the video-art revolution of the 1970s, died on May 20th in Manhattan.”

READ THE COMPLETE NY TIMES OBIT HERE.

Steve, who I knew through renting editing equipment from his company, was a respected member of the New York post-production community.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RUTT/ETRA Video Synthesizer CLICK HERE.