NATPE National Association of Television Programming Executives, Las Vegas NV

To explore the below for yourself, watch Gates’ keynote here and Jobs’ IPhone sermon here. Steve as eminence grise and Bill as dated adolescent. And watch the palettes on the two, Microsoft’s Motel 6 colors and out-of-touch casting choices. Amazing.

The big event of this year’s CES came from far away at the church of the faithful… the day after Gates’s mediocre keynote in Vegas, Jobs announced the iPhone at Macworld and seized conrol of the media, the market and the over 100,000 milling through the Convention Center. While Gates lolled on about RFID tags on flour bags Apple revealed an integrated phone/iPod/email/net device, and a business model with all of the upside of an MVNO and none of the down. Carrier Cingular will cede branding to Apple and provide coverage via their Edge network. Questions about action by Cisco, who may own the iPhone name, persist.

Guest Commentator, KenRadio

Moderator, “Enabling OnDemand Delivery of Content”, Digital Hollywood CES, Las Vegas NV

Moderator, “Movies, On Demand and Broadband”, Digital Hollywood CES, Las Vegas NV

We’re here. The Vista banner in front is really big.
So far people are trying to decide whether MVNOs are dead or not. And eating cookies. If you are driving allow extra time – there’s lots of construction.

They should offer rental cots at the LACV. THAT would be a business.

Interactive Television Alliance’s Tech Walk, Santa Monica CA

Moderator, “IPTV: How to Invest “, TieCon Southwest 2006, Anaheim CA

Moderator, “The Future of Television Distribution “, Digital Hollywood Fall, Santa Monica CA

“3 Questions Shaping the Digital Home”, Digital Home Developer’s Conference, San Jose CA

IBC 2006, Amsterdam Netherlands