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Iamp8217ll be there Sunday for the 50th Cable TV Pioneer dinner and induction ceremonyamp160 Got some serious friends Glenn Duval Jeff Bewkes Leslie Ellis Marwan Fawaz colleagues Mark Lieberman and notables Brian Roberts Peter Kiley being inductedamp160 Been a Pioneer for over 25 years really looking forward to it amp8230 especially listening to emcee Les Read and making the afterpartyMonday night will bring The CableCenter Hall of Fameamp160 Another great networking eventINTX is now what used to be the cable industry operations tech and video plus the burgeoning broadband infrastructure plus edges you know the tiny companies like Google and Facebook and Netflix otherwise known as the Federal Confusion Commissionamp8217s latest shiny objectsSo what does INTX meanamp8220Iamp8221 like in iPhoneamp8220Namp8221 like in Nerdamp8220Tamp8221 still means TeleVision I supposeamp8220Xamp8221 might just mean exchange amp8230 like of ideasamp160 Or not so subtly amp8220Xfinityamp8221Officially if there is such a thing INTX actually stands for the amp8220Internet and Television Expoamp8221Which it isLast year in Chicago was the first time some folks figured out that the entire ecosystem depended upon the subscription economy with per view payments of some VODSVOD services sort of icing on the cakeamp160 Some folks also understood that cable ahead of telco Digital Subscriber Lines would be the infrastructure that would so to speak fast forward the development of the internet into todayamp8217s broadband baseamp160 Not to leave it to cable only wireline telcos jumped into the fray with first better DSL and then with fiber sometimes to the home sometimes to a curb somewhereamp160 Even via twoway satellite which to be clear as a resident of a rural boondock with ski areas and lots of bike paths though was our first Internet connection outside Breckenridge until Comcast sort of built outamp160Worth mentioning here It was cable that first proved satellite could be used to distribute programming first to systems then DirecttoHome via PrimeStarAlong with serious Internet speeds came overthetop services or OVD in FCCspeak online video distributors or something as arcaneAt INTX in Boston FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler who will speak might take a look at all of the competition on the show floorsamp160 He might discover it is the intersection of all thatamp8217s going on in the extended mediatelecom ecosystemAnd it is full of competition Canamp8217t find any monopolies hereamp160 Unless of course youamp8217re a nonurban customer in need of high speed Internet How else do you think Comcast can afford to buy Dreamworks But hey thatamp8217s quibblingRandom NotesThereamp8217s growing competition in the world of measuring whatamp8217s what in these industries tooamp160 Nielsenamp8217s new Total Content Ratings delayed plus other device viewings of originally broadcast or cablecast shows RoviTiVo data from STBs ComScoreamp8217s absorption of Rentrak and more from every part of the Internet are all competing to measure who does what to whom or for whomamp160 These are the biggest challenges to Nielsenamp8217s currency since whatamp8217s his name in the UK walked off his yachtThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillageMyersBizNet management or associated bloggers

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