CES 2013: Cisco press conference live blog

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  • Demons!

    by Sarah Tew
  • Demo guy shifts a basketball game onto the giant video wall on the stage. Social media feeds appear on screen alongside it. This is very cool.
    by Casey Newton
  • by Sarah Tew
  • Please scroll down and check out how our baller photog Sarah was able to crop the photo just right so that the word "DEMONS" appears on screen. (Second photo down.)
    by Casey Newton
  • by Sarah Tew
  • Sad to say, apparently De Beer is singular, not plural. Doesn't mean typing it frequently enough still won't make you thirst for one.
    by David Hamilton
  • Correction: it's De Beer, not De Beers. Apologies.
    by Casey Newton
  • My excuse: in my life Beers are usually a plural thing.
    by Casey Newton
  • We're still watching the cool video wall.
    by Casey Newton
  • Demo guy now showing off an app for service providers that lets them monitor network usage and drill down into what content they're viewing.
    by Casey Newton
  • Surprisingly the top show on this network is not "Here Comes Honey Boo Bo."
    by Casey Newton
  • We're about to bring a panel up on stage.
    by Casey Newton
  • by Sarah Tew
  • And now, a discussion about the future of TV with five Cisco customers. Len Barlik from Cox, Balan Nair from Liberty Global, Andrew Olson from BSkyB, Bill Bradford from Fox Broadcasting, and Joe Inzerillo from Major League Baseball.
    by Casey Newton
  • by Sarah Tew
  • They're going to be talking for 20 minutes!
    by Casey Newton
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  • CDN capabilities. Authentication capabilities. Just some of the words that are now being spoken aloud.
    by Casey Newton
  • by Sarah Tew
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  • Question to the panel: can we now comfortably go to the world we've just seen described on stage? Panel: Why, yes!
    by Casey Newton
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  • How do you embed DRM as a plug-in in a browser? The day we can solve for that is a good day, says Balan Nair of Liberty Global.
    by Casey Newton
  • by Sarah Tew
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  • Because DRM has been such a smashing success everywhere it's been employed.
    by David Hamilton
  • by Sarah Tew
  • A scripted panel with customers, while giving the appearance of discussion, in reality comes across as a kind of forced confession.
    by Casey Newton
  • "We are helping you to innovate, are we not? "Why yes, you are!"
    by Casey Newton
  • Is anyone actually reading from note cards? (Or a teleprompter?) That would be awesome.
    by David Hamilton
  • "We need to bring people to the cutting edge, but we need to not make them bleed." -- Andrew Olson of BSkyB
    by Casey Newton
  • by Sarah Tew
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  • If BSkyB ever brings you so close to the cutting edge that you are bleeding, you may have grounds for a lawsuit.
    by Casey Newton
  • MLB's Joe Inzerillo says there is now a lot of support for HLS technology instead of Flash. Technological issues are being solved. But there are new challenges.
    by Casey Newton
  • Rights relationships, user relationships.
    by Casey Newton
  • Let's shift now to the cloud, says De Beer. It has been a disruptive technology, he says.
    by Casey Newton
  • Next question to the panel: "How do you define cloud in your world?"
    by Casey Newton
  • Let's throw that one open to CNET readers. How do you define the cloud in your world???
    by Casey Newton
  • Cox's Barlik says the cloud means infrastructure, software services, video. "It's continuing to evolve for us."
    by Casey Newton
  • CNET readers are REFUSING to answer how they define the cloud in their world, raising the question of what they have to hide.
    by Casey Newton
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