Our guest today is Will Richmond who is the editor and publisher of VideoNuze, an online publication for broadband video decision-makers. VideoNuze concentrates on the emerging Internet Video industry. Will has prior experience in the CATV industry thereby providing valuable perspective on how the sector reacts to developments. This is important because cable companies are the leading providers of broadband Internet access along with being the dominant networks delivering conventional television programs. (more…)

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If you would like to learn how a successful college student produces movies and uses the Internet to organize his workforce, publicize the film release, and distribute the film itself, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is Jesse Newman who is a college senior at the University of South Florida. He is also a budding film director who has achieved notoriety on a national basis. For example, of the 750 films submitted in Florida to the national CampusMovieFest competition earlier this year, his was rated number one. The film moved on to become one of the top twenty in the United States. Owing to the film’s success, Jesse was chosen to intern at the Cannes Film Festival. (more…)

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If you would like to learn how popular television programs and movies are increasingly provided as advertising-supported streams on the Internet, this video is for you. We demonstrate how to use three Websites (fancast.com, veoh.com, and tvguide.com) that index nearly all the legitimate TV shows and movies on the Net. (more…)

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If you would like to learn how to attract disparate talent from the Internet in order to form companies that can tackle revenue-producing projects as a temporary “syndicate”, or as a continuing business, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is Brent Britton who is an attorney with Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey. Earlier he was associated with the MIT Media Lab where he worked as a software engineer. I met Brent at the Third Annual Sarasota Design Summit where he made a presentation on “Company 2.0”. The Summit was sponsored by the Ringling College of Art & Design. (more…)

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If you would like to learn about how young adults can prepare themselves for a career in computerized art, design, and animation, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is Lance Burchett who is the Vice President for Advancement at the Ringling College of Art and Design. I met Lance at the 3rd Sarasota International Design Summit in Sarasota, Florida last month. The Summit is sponsored by the Ringling College. (more…)

Our guest today is Phillip Thune who is the CEO of HireMeNow.com. His website is a temporary help agency for office workers. It is a cyberspace version of Kelly Services or Manpower, Inc. There are two basic advantages to using HireMeNow.com instead of terrestrial temporary worker agencies. (more…)

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 If you would like to learn about the potential interactive capabilities of television in the future, this video is for you.

Today’s video features Permissiontv.com which is a company that enables clients to create interactive videos for Internet distribution. The capability provides a glimpse of what the television might look like in the future. First is a demonstration of some interactive videos created on the Permissontv.com platform. Second is an interview with Matt Kaplan who is the Chief Strategy Officer. (more…)

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If you would like to learn how to convert website visitors into customers, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is Benoy Tamang who is the Founder of Sapha. First, we demonstrate one of Sapha’s tools termed a “Hook Tour”. This is followed by an interview with Benoy about the tracking statistics that accompany the tool. Hook Tours are short customized interactive videos that Sapha prepares to explain your website and trigger visitors to register for more information or buy merchandise.  (more…)

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If you would like to learn about an appliance the size of a shoe box that provides most of the production and multi-camera input capabilities of a TV truck, this interview is for you.

The product is the Tricaster from San Antonio-based NewTek. Our interview is with Philip Nelson who is the Senior Vice President for Strategic Development and the appliance is demonstrated by Jim Plant who is the CEO. Tricaster prices range from $5,000 to $12,000. (more…)

Our guest today is Greg Scholl who is the CEO of The Orchard which is a publicly-owned distributor of music for independent record labels, including one that it owns named TVT. The company also distributes over 3,000 hours of video and TV shows for clients who are the rights holders. Most of the files are distributed digitally to stores like iTunes, Amazon.com, and eMusic. (more…)

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If you would like to learn how to become a podcaster, this video is for you.

Podcasting essentially enables you to have your own radio or television station. The programs will be automatically delivered to your audience and received by most any Internet-connected multimedia device including computers, iPods, and iPhones. Even televisions can receive your shows if they are connected via a LAN to a computer.  Finally, the programs can be heard, or viewed, anytime after they are released. There is no need for the audience to “tune in” at a scheduled time or risk missing the show. (more…)

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If you would like to learn how to get Internet video to your television by using TiVo and/or Amazon.com, this show is for you. 

It is increasingly evident that there is a huge latent demand for getting Internet video to the television. It has been an elusive goal for the past eight years, or so. Now it appears as if significant progress is being made. It’s not from a single major product introduction, but instead from a number of innovations from a variety of manufactures and websites. Examples include Netflix, Sony Bravia, Amazon.com, Apple TV, and TiVo. In this video we demonstrate how it is done with TiVo and Amazon.com. (more…)

If you would like to hire free-lance programmers and other white collar workers via an Internet site that brings together a World wide guild of qualified personnel, this interview is for you. It’s also for those who would like create incremental income by providing such services.

Our guest today is Fabio Rosati who is the CEO of eLance. His company is kind-of an eBay for independent white collar workers providing services ranging from programming and website design, to ghost writing. In addition to the interview, we provide a hypothetical demonstration of how you can use eLance to “drill down” to a selected provider appropriate to your project. 

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Originally Cablevision announced plans to offer a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) service to be hosted within the physical CATV network instead via on-premises equipment that must be installed in the homes of individual subscribers. One advantage is that the “networked-DVR” would enable Cablevision to roll out the service through many of the set-top boxes already deployed with subscribers. Thus, the company could avoid the expense of installing new set-top boxes for those subscribers choosing the DVR service. (more…)

In this audio program we explore a couple of ways that the Internet can add revenues. One is already generating more money for the industry and promoting new artists. The second appears to be an idea whose time has come. (more…)

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This video investigates whether the 3G-iPhone signals the decline of the fortunes of Blackberry-maker, Research-in-Motion as well as those of broadcast and satellite radio.

Many executives hunger for the iPhone but can’t do without real-time email while they’re on the move. As a result, they haven’t bought the iPhone because they don’t want to carry around yet another portable unit in addition to their Blackberries. However, the situation changed on July 11th when Apple started selling the 3G-iPhone with “push” email while earlier iPhones can get a free “push” email download. (more…)

Our guest today is Shelly Palmer who is the author of Television Disrupted. He is also a noted blogger and podcaster in the field of New Media. In a recent post Shelly observed that Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be one of the most important factors that will enable small companies to move into the era of “Cloud Computing”. (more…)

Our guest today is Mike Lyon who is a Vice President with Arbor Advisors which is a middle market investment banking firm in Palo Alto. (more…)

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If you would like to watch an interview with the Chairman of a public company that has already done an outstanding video annual report, this interview is for you. 

Our guest today is Dr. Bob Shillman who is the Board Chairman of Cognex Corporation.  His company is a leader in the field of robotic vision systems for factory automation. (more…)

Our guest today is Steve Rosenbaum who is the Founder of Magnify.net. Earlier he was the creator of MTV News: Unfiltered. He has also produced prime time television for A&E, Animal Planet, Court TV, The History Channel, BBC, TLC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC. His current company provides a platform that empowers groups of people who share common interests to gather, filter, organize, discuss and share video in a community context on the Internet. (more…)