A Broadband Nation water tower marked the entrance to the multi-faceted exhibit
In the Broadband Horizons Middle School, demos included an interactive smart whiteboard and a school nurse who consults remotely with a clinic
A panel on "Agenda for the New Media Era" had an all-star cast of Brian Roberts, Craig McCaw, Jerald Kent, and Pat Esser, moderated by Bill Kennard
From Broadband Nation, we had a video conversation with doctors in Anchorage, Alaska who practice telemedicine using GCI's Connect MD service
Medical records which are transmitted for remote diagnostics include patient background, scan images and a patient photo so they are a person, not a disembodied image
New Tru2way user interface for Cox guide, including personalization
MSO panelists, including (left to right) Steve Necessary from Cox, Mark Hess from Comcast and Jeff Chen from Bright House, discuss plans for interactivity
Comcast plans a full range of EBIF-based interactive applications in 2009, including games, instant information, interactivity on CNN, QVC and the Weather Channel and more
Mike Malcy, ADB's VP, Marketing & Business Affairs, showed us ADB's "set back" box for Sony TVs
David Jacobs, AMDOCS VP Product Strategy, OSS Division, showed us how cable viewers can self-provision a tru2way service
Dan DeHaan, Principal System Engineer, NDS Americas, demonstrated a unified user interface for broadcast TV, cable channels, VOD, DVR recordings, Internet content, VOD and "over the top" Internet video
Jeff Bonin, Alticast's VP & GM, showed us new interface concepts
Mark Ho, Integra5 Client Solutions Director, demonstrated their Media Friends chat application
Reginald Patton, Quality Assurance Manager, showed us itaas's MPTV social networking application
Sangita Verma, TAG Network's CEO/Founder, showed us TAG's game network
Sora Siva, Senior Project Manager at Zodiac Interactive, demonstrated a variety of tru2way applications, including restaurant and movie searches based on Internat databases
Ellen Dudar, BIAP Systems Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder, demonstrated how their EBIF platform allows the rollout of both TV widgets and ad widgets, and walked us through the ad widget product process
Andreas Lennartsson, ActiveVideo Networks Manager, Front End Software, showed us their enhanced EBIF applications coupled with live Internet content