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September 24, 2003: An in-depth look at digital music by the author of "Burning Down The House".

Guest: Elliot Van Buskirk, Author,

   



September 23, 2003: In this interview the authors of "Dungeons & Dreamers" discuss the culture and future of video gaming.

Guest: John Borland & Brad King, Authors,

   



September 3, 2004: 8e6 Technologies provides products that optimize quality of service on computer networks.

Guest: Eric Lundbohm, Vice President, Marketing, 8e6 Technologies

   



August 3, 2004: Bryan runs a company that is emphasizing videophone applications over its VoIP network.

Guest: Bryan Martin, CEO, 8x8

   



December 8, 2006: A market research analyst discusses the future of User Generated Video.

Guest: Paul Palumbo, Founder, AccuStream Research

   



June 26, 2006: Why Adobe Flash is gaining share in the streaming media market.

Guest: Paul Palumbo, Director, AccuStream Research

   



March 6, 2006: Our guest today thinks that 2006 is the year when Video-On-Demand comes of age.

Guest: Tom Adams, CEO, Adams Media Research

   



April 17, 2006: All about AJAX and bandwidth efficiency.

Guest: Jesse James Garrett, Co-Founder, Adaptive Technologies

   



August 25, 2006: AMD has a plan for chips that focus on Digital Media.

Guest: Aaron Feen, Director of Consumer Marketing, Advanced Micro Devices

   



February 20, 2006: The vaule in old media companies

Guest: Andrew Keen, Founder, aftertv.com

   



April 21, 2005: Akimbo will bring Internet video to your television.

Guest: Jim Funk, Vice President, Product Marketing, Akimbo

   



July 30, 2004: Alien Technology is a leader in the RFID market.

Guest: Tom Pounds, Vice President, Business Development, Alien Technology

   



October 28, 2003: This interview describes how a small independent record label is dealing with the forces of the Internet and the bigger competitors.

Guest: Al McCree, CEO, Altissimo Records

   



November 29, 2004: Amazon.com is producing independent films with Hollywood stars for its website and selling merchandise placed in the films.

Guest: Chris Bruzzo, Director of Strategic Communications, Amazon.com

   



November 27, 2006: Telco equipment to provide super-broadband services to the home.

Guest: Frank Galuppo, CEO, Amedia Networks

   



May 12, 2006: Delivering broadband and IPTV services over hybrid fiber optic and twisted pair networks.

Guest: Frank Galuppo, CEO, Amedia Networks

   



December 10, 2004: A stock analyst looks at Napster, online music, and the video gaming industry.

Guest: P. J. McNealy, Stock Analyst, American Technology Research

   



January 25, 2006: How American University Washington College of Law uses podcasting.

Guest: Korin Munsterman, Director, Office of Technology, American University Law School

   



August 23, 2006: AOL plans to become a video portal.

Guest: Fred McIntyre, Vice President, AOL Video, AOL

   



June 30, 2004: The online music experience at AOL is gaining popularity and consumers are sticking with it.

Guest: Evan Harrison, Vice President and General Manager, AOL Music

   



December 26, 2005: A discussion of the digital signage market.

Guest: Milton Jones, CEO, Apex Imaging

   



June 21, 2004: Can Apple move the Quicktime media player into first place ahead of both Microsoft and Real?

Guest: Frank Casanova, Senior Director, Interactive Media Group, Apple Computer

   



February 19, 2004: A discussion of the iPod, iPod Mini, battery life, download vs. subscriptions, and media formats.

Guest: Stan Ng, Director Product Marketing - iPod, Apple Computer

   



January 8, 2004: Peter and Stan tell us about the new products and services introduced at MacWorld.

Guest: Peter Lowe and Stan Ng, Directors of Marketing - Consumer Software and iPod, Apple Computer

   



November 3, 2003: This interview provides an opportunity to learn all about the iTunes digital music store for Windows.

Guest: Peter Lowe, iTunes Music Store, Apple Computer

   



April 7, 2006: Our guest today is a leader in the field of wireless mesh networks using small intelligent sensors.

Guest: Roland Acra, CEO, Arch Rock Corporation

   



February 9, 2004: Can Arel really deliver integrated voice, video, and data collaboration today?

Guest: Philippe Szwarc, CEO, Arel Communications

   



September 16, 2003: More discussion of

Guest: Pankaj Maglik, CEO, Aruba Wireless Networks

   



May 27, 2004: How the trend toward digital music is impacting performance licensing.

Guest: Chris Amenita, Sr. Vice President, ASCAP Enterprises, ASCAP

   



January 12, 2004: How to avoid waiting for the telephone installer or cable guy.

Guest: Krish Panu, CEO, At Road

   



December 23, 2004: A prominent venture capitalist describes some promising future technologies.

Guest: Jeff Andrews, Partner, Atlas Venture

   



March 25, 2004: Audible is the Internet version of ?Books on Tape?. You can download popular books to your computer, transfer them to an iPod and listen to a narrator read them to you anywhere.

Guest: Don Katz, President, Audible

   



November 25, 2003: This is a fascinating discussion of how downloadable audio books are replacing books on tape.

Guest: Don Katz, CEO, Audible

   



December 7, 2005: A podcast engine for radio stations and others.

Guest: Foy Sperring, Senior Vice President, Audible.com

   



December 6, 2004: Audible stock has gone from about $3 to nearly $30 in the past two years and the CEO tells us what has been going on at the company

Guest: Don Katz, Board Chairman, Audible.com

   



December 22, 2003: What do auidophiles think about new technologies such as online music distribution and DVD audio?

Guest: Jerry Del Calliano, CEO, AudioRevolution.com

   



October 19, 2004: AuthenTec is the leading supplier of sensors for electronic fingerprint identification.

Guest: Greg Teesdale, Chief Financial Officer, AuthenTec

   



November 16, 2005: Our guest today helps radio stations hire broadcast personalities who can capture and hold an audience.

Guest: Bill McMahon, Founder, Authentic Personality

   



July 7, 2006: Avistar integrates its desktop video into Lotus Sametime.

Guest: Jason Rhee, Manager of Business Development, Avistar

   



February 8, 2005: Video conferencing to your desktop computer.

Guest: John Carlson, Vice President, Marketing, Avistar

   



November 10, 2004: Mark provides his opinion about what is really going on in the P2P networks and what you can do about it.

Guest: Mark Ishikawa, CEO, Bay TSP

   



April 26, 2004: John explains how Bear Share plans to make profits with less reliance on Adware.

Guest: John Busher, Vice President, Business Development, Bear Share

   



March 10, 2006: Delivering digital music to mass market cell phones instead of merely Smart Phones.

Guest: Don Millers, CEO, Beatnik

   



April 28, 2004: Professor Lowe has conducted surveys of students to discover how they are using their computers to consume media.

Guest: Perry Lowe, Professor of Marketing, Bentley College

   



May 6, 2005: A discussion of a new book on the future of music.

Guest: Gerd Leonhard and Dave Kusek, Authors, Berklee School of Music

   



March 28, 2007: A test of Fair Use Copyright Exemption involving YouTube and the NFL.

Guest: Wendy Seltzer, Fellow, Berkman Center at Harvard University

   



May 26, 2004: Scott tells us how Best Buy is preparing for the trend toward digital entertainment.

Guest: Scott Young, Vice President, Digital Entertainment, Best Buy

   



September 19, 2003: BigChampagne does a fascinating job of measuring, in detail, the traffic on P2P networks like Kazaa.

Guest: Eric Garland, CEO, BigChampagne.com

   



May 11, 2007: The story of how Hewlett-Packard pioneered the electronics industry in Silicon Valley.

Guest: Michael S. Malone, Author, Bill & Dave: How Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard Built H-P.

   



October 14, 2004: Scott shares his views on the trends in Digital Music.

Guest: Scott Banerjee, San Franciso Bureau Chief, Billboard Magazine

   



December 17, 2004: BitTorrent accounts for 30% of all Internet traffic now.

Guest: Bram Cohen, Founder, BitTorrent

   



July 6, 2005: A WebEx tour of the Website for this video search engine company.

Guest: Suranga Chandratillake, CEO, Blinkx

   



October 22, 2004: A discussion of the market for enterprise proxy servers that focus on protecting your network for various types of malware.

Guest: Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat Systems

   



August 14, 2006: How to turn any webpage you like into a RSS feed.

Guest: Ron Pruett, Managing Partner, Boston Associates

   



April 24, 2006: Phil Leigh demonstrates how a newspaper in Bowling Green, Kentucky uses Google mashups to boost classified ad sales.

Guest: Phil Leigh, Demo On Daily News Behalf, Bowling Green Daily News

   



April 7, 2005: Web Conference recordings as new media.

Guest: Joe Gustafson, CEO, Brainshark

   



April 12, 2006: Break.com is like YouTube, except all the video content is original.

Guest: Keith Richman, CEO, Break.com

   



April 6, 2005: The future of electronic media.

Guest: Stephen Griffiths, Managing Director, Breakthroo Limited

   



November 3, 2006: Brightcove is making allot of progress in B2B Internet video and now moves into the consumer market.

Guest: Adam Berrey, Vice President, Marketing, Brightcove

   



April 28, 2005: Understanding IPTV and the Internet of Video

Guest: Jeremy Allaire, CEO, Brightcove

   



March 29, 2005: Brightcove is developing an ASP platform to deliver video to PCs, cell phones, and TVs.

Guest: Jeremy Allaire, CEO, Brightcove

   



August 7, 2006: The future use of video by newspapers.

Guest: Will Richmond, Founder, Broadband Directions

   



April 26, 2006: Broadband is creating a new generation of video distributors like Google, Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL

Guest: Will Richmond, Founder, Broadband Directions

   



October 17, 2005: Should Comcast acquire AOL?

Guest: Will Richmond, Founder, Broadband Directions

   



May 10, 2004: Microsoft makes Hollywood an offer it cannot refuse.

Guest: Paul Sloan, Reporter, Business 2.0

   



July 27, 2005: Rafe Needleman discusses cool gadgets and start up companies.

Guest: Rafe Needleman, Editor, C-net

   



September 7, 2005: The meaning of the Creative Technologies MP3 player patent.

Guest: Andrew Geenberg, Intellectual Property Attorney, Carlton, Fields

   



November 24, 2003: CD Baby provides a way for independent performing artists to sell CDs of their music online.

Guest: Derek Sivers, Founder, CD Baby

   



April 26, 2005: Cidigix provides legitimate digital music subscriptions on college campuses.

Guest: Brett Goldberg, CEO, Cdigix

   



February 23, 2005: Cdigix legitimately distributes popular music and videos on college campus networks.

Guest: Brett Goldberg, CEO, Cdigix

   



June 16, 2004: Carrier class integrated switches for both circuit-switched and IP telephony.

Guest: Andy Paff, CEO, Cedar Point Communications

   



August 31, 2005: Playing video games on your mobile phone.

Guest: Arthur Goikman and Cary Torkelson, Founders, CelluFun

   



January 13, 2005: Jim discusses the impact of new technologies like the Internet and satellite radio on broadcast radio.

Guest: Jim Hopes, President, Center For Sales Strategy

   



August 26, 2005: Teaching college classes via the Internet.

Guest: Leon Navickas, CEO, Centra Software

   



April 27, 2007: Collaborative selling.

Guest: Steve Marx, Center for Sales Strategy, CEO

   



October 2, 2006: Naxos is a classical music record label that will produce 20% of its revenues online this year and uses MP3.

Guest: Jim Sturgeon, Naxos - North America, CEO

   



September 29, 2006: eMusic avoids DRMs and is second only to iTunes in digital downloads.

Guest: David Pakman, eMusic, CEO

   



August 18, 2006: Vidavee has one of the best tools that I am familiar with for managing Internet video.

Guest: Mark Brenner, Vidavee, CEO

   



February 8, 2006: A competitor for Audible.

Guest: Jeff Dittus, Media Bay, CEO

   



April 27, 2004: Cflix is launching an online digital music service at Yale today.

Guest: Brett Goldberg, President, Cflix

   



December 12, 2003: Downloading music to cell phones is going to require much more effcient use of bandwidth and Chaoticom seems to have the answer.

Guest: Lucy McQuilken, CEO, Chaoticom

   



February 24, 2005: The movement of content creation and commerce to the edge of the network is going to have a profound impact on all Digital Media constituents.

Guest: Jim Griffin, CEO, Cherry Lane Digital

   



February 17, 2004: The always thought-provoking Jim Griffin tells us how to monetize the anarchy plaguing entertainment media on P2P networks.

Guest: Jim Griffin, CEO, Cherry Lane Digital

   



May 25, 2005: The AAC-plus codec provides excellent quality in a minimal file size.

Guest: David Frerichs, General Manager, U.S. Operations, Coding Technologies

   



October 4, 2004: A discussion about what kinds of audio codecs are best for wireless entertainment applications.

Guest: David Frerichs, General Manager, U.S. Operations, Coding Technologies

   



April 2, 2007: Using lasers as the light source in rear-projection televisions.

Guest: Colin Seaton, Director of Business Development, Coherent

   



October 14, 2003: A survey of consumer reactions to the RIAA lawsuits last month.

Guest: Warren Kurtzman, Vice President, Coleman

   



October 28, 2005: A market research firm shares their forecast of the future of computer-to-computer collaboration.

Guest: David Coleman, Managing Director, Collaborative Strategies

   



October 21, 2003: Collaborative Strategies shares their analysis of the future for video, audio, and web conferencing.

Guest: Lewis Ward, Analyst, Collaborative Strategies

   



April 6, 2004: Don descirbes a way for a private company to go public without the expense of an IPO.

Guest: Don Russell, Vice Chairman, Communications Equity Acquisition Corporation

   



October 29, 2006: An analysis of how Voice-Over-IP technology will change the World of telecommunications.

Guest: Neal Shact, CEO, Communitech

   



February 13, 2006: Automating expense account reporting like ADP does for payroll accounting.

Guest: Steve Singh, CEO, Concur Technologies

   



March 20, 2006: Dan Reingold was a leading Telecommunications stock analyst on Wall Street.

Guest: Dan and Jennifer Reingold, Authors, Confessions of A Wall Street Analsyt

   



March 30, 2007: Why did Cisco buy WebEx?

Guest: Steve Borsch, Founder, Connecting The Dots

   



September 23, 2004: A leading analyst discusses the market potential for ringtones, mobile music and other forms of mobile entertainment.

Guest: Mark Frieser, Analyst, Consect, LLC.

   



November 6, 2003: Sean provides an analysis of the sales outlook for Consumer Electronics this Christmas.

Guest: Sean Wargo, Industry Analyst, Consumer Electronics Association

   



October 13, 2004: Delivering Digital Media to wireless devices.

Guest: Boris Fridman, CEO, Crisp Wireless

   



July 1, 2004: Cubistix integrates data processing with cartography.

Guest: Keith Armonaitis, President, Cubistix

   



February 21, 2007: An independent research analyst evaluates the iPhone.

Guest: Avi Greengart, Market Research Analyst, Current Analysis

   



November 15, 2004: The ever thought-provoking Mark Cuban shares his thoughts on how traditional media companies can profit from the Internet and Digital Media technologies.

Guest: Mark Cuban, Owner, Dallas Mavericks

   



June 17, 2005: How the Hollywood studios are responding to the Internet.

Guest: J. D. Lasica, Author, DARKNET: Hollywood War Against Digital Generation

   



August 17, 2006: Like YouTube except that publishers can manage their content themselves.

Guest: Ken Lipscomb, Founder, DAVE - TV

   



October 11, 2006: As computers and the Internet get ever more capable, we are going to them work collaboratively regardless of physical location.

Guest: , Managing Director, David Coleman

   



March 25, 2005: Moxi si a PVR, DVD player, and set-top box all rolled into one.

Guest: Jim Billmaier, CEO, Digeo

   



April 2, 2004: Digimarc seems to be a clear leader in digital watermarking, but is the technology a concept whose time has come?

Guest: Bruce Davis, CEO, Digimarc

   



March 19, 2007: Record Labels to get higher royalties for Internet Radio.

Guest: Jon Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association

   



July 10, 2006: Congressional Legislation Provides For Mandatory Music Licensing

Guest: Jon Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association

   



March 19, 2004: DiMA feels that the licensing procedures required by music publishers are a bigger obstacle to the adoption of legitimate online music than is the attitude of the labels toward the licensing of sound recording rights.

Guest: Jonathan Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association

   



February 13, 2004: Ned tells us what to expect from the Digital Music Forum scheduled in New York City for March 1st.

Guest: Ned Sherman, CEO, Digital Media Wire

   



February 20, 2007: YouTube recently licensed vintage television programs from this company.

Guest: Mitch Koulouris, CEO, Digital Music Group

   



October 25, 2006: This company obtains the digital rights to recordings and then sells them to iTunes and others.

Guest: Mitch Koulouris, CEO, Digital Music Group

   



August 4, 2004: A discussion of the Jupiter Digital Music Conference last week.

Guest: Paul Resnikoff, Editor, Digital Music News

   



March 8, 2004: Paul attended the Billboard Music & Money conference. He shares his notes with us.

Guest: Paul Resnikoff, CEO, Digital Music News

   



November 30, 2004: A noted expert on digital music provides his thoughts on the state and future of the industry.

Guest: Brad Hill, Author, Digital Songstream

   



May 25, 2004: The ever thought-provoking Brad Hill shares his latest thoughts on current developments in the digital music arena.

Guest: Brad Hill, Author, Digital Songstream

   



July 27, 2004: Jan tells us how the record labels may optimize revenues as the album concept becomes less popular

Guest: Jan Eglen, Co-Founder, Digonex Technologies

   



April 19, 2007: Adobe and Microsoft Cross Swords for control of Web 2.0.

Guest: Greg DeMicillie, Senior Analyst, Directions-On-Microsoft

   



December 14, 2005: Video conferencing that uses Web Conferencing network architecture to improve performance.

Guest: Todd Clayton, VTEL, Director of Marketing

   



May 20, 2004: Kevin tells us why DivX is becoming to be regarded by many as the MP3 of digital video. He explains why this is so important to Hollywood.

Guest: Kevin Hell, Director of Marketing, DivX Networks

   



March 22, 2004: Dotcast uses local broadcast TV stations to broadcast data to recepticals like Disney?s MovieBeam units.

Guest: Doug Evans and Leo Hoarty, President and CTO, Dotcast

   



October 20, 2006: WIPO treaty provisions that could be damaging to the Digital Media industry.

Guest: Jim Burger, Copyright Attorney, Dow - Lohnes

   



May 17, 2006: An expert opinion on the record label lawsuit yesterday against XM Satellite.

Guest: Jim Burger, Partner, Dow - Lohnes

   



May 10, 2006: Will Congress Lobotomize the XM-Satellite receiver?

Guest: Jim Burger, Copyright Attorney, Dow - Lohnes

   



April 13, 2007: A court decision on ripping DVDs to a hard drive.

Guest: Jim Burger, Partner, Dow, Lohnes

   



March 26, 2007: Court outlaws Cablevision DVR service.

Guest: Jim Burger, Partner, Dow, Lohnes

   



January 6, 2006: Lobotomizing your computer or protecting analog content?

Guest: Jim Burger, Partner, Dow, Lohnes, & Albertson

   



July 13, 2005: A communications attorney discusses the recent Supreme Court Brand X decision.

Guest: David Mills, Partner, Dow, Lohnes, & Albertson

   



June 29, 2005: Jim clarifies the meaning of the recent Grokster decision by the Supreme Court.

Guest: Jim Burger, Copyright Attorney, Dow, Lohnes, & Albertson