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TechTalk: B&C Senior Editor Glen Dickson's weekly technology podcast.
TechTalk: FLO TV, Rentrak Pursue Mobile Measurement
In this week's edition of B&C TechTalk, senior editor Glen Dickson discusses the new deal between FLO TV and Rentrak Corporation that will create a comprehensive measurement system for the FLO TV service, reporting minute-by-minute viewing of programming and commercials.
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TechTalk: Rovi, TNS Target Set-Top Data
In this week's edition of B&C TechTalk, senior edior Glen Dickson talks about a new partnership between Rovi and TNS Media Research to develop advanced TV and set-top-box measurment solutions.
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TechTalk: TiVo's Over-the-Top Play
In this week's edition of B&C TechTalk, senior editor Glen Dickson discusses TiVo's attempts to grow its business through distribution deals with cable and satellite operators.
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TechTalk: Disney's New Measurement Model
In this week's edition of B&C TechTalk, senior editor Glen Dickson discusses Disney's latest viewer measurement efforts. The company unveiled the methodology behind its new Media and Advertising Lab in Austin, Texas this week and detailed some of the early results its testing shows.
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TechTalk: DG FastChannel’s New Direction
In this week's edition of B&C TechTalk, senior editor Glen Dickson discusses DG FastChannel's new HD platform and business model for syndication delivery.
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TechTalk: Macrovision’s New Identity
In this week's edition of B&C TechTalk, senior editor Glen Dickson discusses Rovi, the new corporate identity for Macrovision, the analog copy-protection giant that shifted strategy last year by acquiring program guide leader Gemstar-TV Guide.
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Tech Talk: The Missing DTV Format
In this week's edition of B&C TechTalk, senior editor Glen Dickson discusses 480-line progressive widescreen video which, after much industry buzz in the late '90s, is virtually extinct as a broadcast format.
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TechTalk: Hot Summer For Mobile DTV
In this week's edition of B&C TechTalk, senior editor Glen Dickson says two years of work by broadcasters and technology vendors to develop a way for local stations to transmit video and data to mobile devices is starting to show tangible results.
Tech Talk: Web Video Gets Authentic
In this episode of Broadcasting & Cable TechTalk, senior editor Glen Dickson talks about the new hot topic among content providers and MSOs: authentication. With TV Everywhere and Major League Baseball both announcing in the same week rollouts of authentication initatives.
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TechTalk: DTV Picture Still Incomplete
In this week's edition of B&C TechTalk, senior editor Glen Dickson reports that the DTV transition has gone relatively well, but outlines a few major reception problems in some key markets.
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