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Taking a big idea and making it work for smaller ops is Gessner’s calling card. He and his team famously created the platform used by small- and mid-sized cable ops to authenticate content, and Gessner then turned over TV Everywhere’s management to the NCTC so other small operators could participate.

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Commentary by Steve Effros In my last column I focused on the circular nature of the thinking surrounding telecom business plans. We go “round and round again” on such ideas as linear video broadcast

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