It seems that in the last several years, the only business case presented by companies is advertising. Search? Advertising. Blogs? Advertising. Calls? Advertising. Entertainment? Advertising. Although advertising is a good monetization technique for some, it is not a ‘one size fits all’ solution. Let me first split the markets into two specific types: hunters and gatherers. I am not talking about prehistoric human societies, but rather about the concept of what we do
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | June 23rd, 2008 | Filed under Technology
Video as a means of communication between people has been with us for over a decade, but it hadn’t made it mainstream yet. It seems like there is evidence of that changing.Technology wise, we are almost there: We now have the processing power, bandwidth and knowledge of how to build a video system enabling people to interact in real-time and provide good quality of experience. Only problem is, video telephony is not taking off as much as it should, but
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | February 28th, 2008 | Filed under Clients
Video telephony as a technology is making its way to the consumer market. The next step is the set top boxes and the world of IPTV.Today, people around the world can use video calling on millions of 3G mobile handsets in Europe and Asia. There are issues with pricing, usability and quality, but I can never have enough of the smiles of my baby girl on my 3G phone. Video telephony on mobile handsets is just the beginning - in
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | February 21st, 2008 | Filed under Clients, IPTV
Last week I had the opportunity to present at TVoDSL 2008. What did I learn at the conference? IPTV revolves around 3 concepts today: Quality Interactivity UGC Most people use Google Reader Quality Quality is key in IPTV. Using the IP medium means that you can’t guarantee quality the same way you can in traditional TV broadcasting. A lot of effort is being
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | February 5th, 2008 | Filed under IPTV
This year I am going to attend TVoDSL in Paris. I am going to take part at their conference program on merging video conferencing technology with IPTV. Simply put - VoIP+IPTV. For me, this step is as logical as merging VoIP or IMS with social media. Video as a mediator between people is still at its birth. The technology is here to some extent - we have 3G phones capable of handling videotelephony, we can use Skype or other internet
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | January 30th, 2008 | Filed under IPTV
