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<title><![CDATA[Albanischer Mafia Drogen Aussenminister Lulzim Basha, wurde nun Innenminister]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lebensmaluf des Mafia Clans Lulzim Basha: Abstammung aus dem Mafia Basha Clan aus dem Mittel Kosovo ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Lebensmaluf des Mafia Clans Lulzim Basha: Abstammung aus dem Mafia Basha Clan aus dem Mittel Kosovo und sein Betrugs Handwerk, lernte er bei den Georg Soros Ganoven Gruppen, dem Weltmarkt Führer für Geldwäsche, Drogen, Destabilisierung von Staaten um dann billig bei den Privatisierungen zu verdienen.</p>
<p><img style="cursor:0;" src="http://www.eu2008.si/includes/photos/March/0311EUTrojka_Albania/0311EU_ALBANIA003.jpg" alt="http://www.eu2008.si/includes/photos/March/0311EUTrojka_Albania/0311EU_ALBANIA003.jpg" width="932" height="617" /></p>
<p><strong>Lulzim Basha mit den EU Kriegs- und Geldwäsche Strategen Javier Solana</strong>, der besten Verbindungen zu jedem <a href="http://balkanblog.org/2009/05/28/2-pyschopaten-der-eu-politik-treffen-sich-javier-solana-und-ali-ahmeti-als-bin-ladens-vertreter-in-der-eu">Balkan Mafia Clan</a> hat und über eigene <a href="http://www.albania.de/alb/index.php?p=1773">Schwarze Kassen</a> mit 600 Millionen € verfügt. Da kann man leicht mal einen Krieg im Balkan finanzieren, den das <a href="http://balkan-spezial.blogspot.com/2009/07/kann-javier-solana-seine-hirnlose.html">Kick-Back im Drogen Geschäft</a> ist gewaltig.</p>
<p>Viele Jahre Erfahrung wie man hohe Millionen Summen beiseite räumt mit Fälschungen und Manipulationen mit Kosovo Verbrecher Clans, als Mitglied der UNMIK Verwaltung im Kosovo. Eng verbunden mit dem <a href="http://balkanblog.org/2009/09/09/3488/">Damir Fazllic </a>Verbrecher Kartell.</p>
<p>Als Transport Minister wurde die Erfahrung umgehend in die üblichen <a href="http://balkaninfo.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/das-gangster-trio-max-strauss-und-die-albanischen-minister-lulzim-basha-und-genc-ruli/">Korruptions Kanäle</a> im <a href="http://www.albania.de/alb/index.php?p=1632">Bauwesen</a> umgemünzt um Profite zu machen. Anklage und Gerichtsverfahren durch die General Staatsanwaltschaft von Albanien Ina Rama. Der damalige Vize Transport Minister Herr Jata und Stellvertreter von Lulzim Basha, sitzt schon 2 Jahre im Gefängnis. Die weiteren damaligen Direktoren wie auch der Juristische Direktor, welcher Verträge ausarbeitete in der Bechtel-Enke-Strauss Sache, sitzt eben und die Gerichts Verfahren laufen gerade.</p>
<p>Als Aussenminister Sprachrohr der Kosovo Mafia und mehrere Verhaftungen der Drogen Diplomaten im Ausland, welche trotz Immunität durch Zufall erwischt wurden.</p>
<p>Sein Schwager <em>Erion</em> Isufi, war direkt Manager beim dem Balkan Gangster <a href="http://balkanforum.org/thread.php?threadid=3800">Damir Fazllic</a>, der schon als Serbischer Geheimdienst Chef in Bosnien direkt tätig war für Karadic und jede grosse Bestechungs Nummer auch in <a href="http://www.albania.de/alb/index.php?p=1929">anderen Balkan Ländern</a> organisierte.</p>
<p>Und wurde Lulzim Basha sogar Innenminister! US Mafiöse Kreise aus den Georg Soros Drogen und Betrugs Zirkeln, wie der US-Albanischen Handelskammer in Tirana sind die Drahtzieher dieser kriminellen Zirkeln genauso wie der <a href="http://balkanforum.org/thread.php?threadid=941">AAEF.</a></p>
<h2><a rel="bookmark" href="http://www.kybeline.com/2009/05/09/albanischer-diplomat-wegen-heroinschmuggel-verhaftet/">Albanischer Diplomat wegen Heroinschmuggel verhaftet</a></h2>
<p><img title="Albanische Drogenbande" src="http://www.shekulli.com.al/2009/05/07/droge_e_bllokuar%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="230" /></p>
<p>Der Albanische Diplomat Agim Haxhiu in der Türkei hatte neben seiner diplomatischen Tätigkeit einen lukrativen Nebenjob: Er beschäftigte sich mit Heroinschmuggel. Jetzt wurde er mit 65 Kilogramm Heroin erwischtund verhaftet. Hauptberuflich war er eigentlich der zweite Sekretär der makedonisch-albanischen Botschaft.</p>
<p>Es ist bereits das zweite Mal, dass albanische Diplomaten in Drogenschmuggel &#8220;verwickelt&#8221; sind, denn erst voriges Jahr wurde in Italien ein Angestellter der albanischen Botschaft mit einem Kilo Kockain erwischt.</p>
<p>Das albanische Außenministerium teilte mit, dass Haxiu entlassen wurde, weil er seit Montag sich nicht auf seinem (hauptberuflichen) Arbeitsplatz gemeldet hatte. Seine diplomatische Immunität wurde aufgehoben, so dass jetzt gemäß den   türkischen und internationalen Gesetzen gegen ihn ermittelt wird.</p>
<p><a href="http://index.hu/kulfold/2009/05/08/heroint_csempeszett_az_alban_diplomata/" target="_blank">Index.hu</a></p>
<p>Siehe auch <a href="http://www.wikio.de/video/1106126" target="_blank">Wikio</a> (aus <a href="http://balkanblog.org/2009/05/08/vize-botschafter-der-albanischen-botschaft-in-skopje-agim-haxhiu-in-istanbul-mit-68-kilo-heroin-verhaftet/" target="_blank">Balkanblog</a>)</p>
<blockquote><p>Albanischer Diplomat Agim Haxhiu in Instanbul verhaftet wegen Drogen Handel Diesmal hat man Agim Haxhiu Sekretär an der Albanischen Botschaft in Mazedonien tägig, in der Türkei verhaftet mit 65 Kilo Heroin.  Nur in Deutschland haben bekanntlich die Drogen Diplomaten freie Fahrt, weil es zum Geschäft des Auswärtigen Amtes gehört, das man Drogen Clans fördert und deren Kontakte ausbaut.</p></blockquote>
<p><a title="Albanian’s Diplomatic drug system?" rel="bookmark" href="http://balkanblog.org/2009/05/15/albanians-diplomatic-drug-system/"></a></p>
<h1><a title="Albanian’s Diplomatic drug system?" rel="bookmark" href="http://balkanblog.org/2009/05/15/albanians-diplomatic-drug-system/">Albanian’s Diplomatic drug system?</a></h1>
<h1>Diplomatic drug?</h1>
<p>15/05/2009</p>
<p>In <a href="http://www.albania.de/alb/index.php?p=1776">Deutsch-German</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Bloggers are enraged over the latest scandal tainting Albania’s diplomatic corps.</p></blockquote>
<p>By Balkanblogs for Southeast European Times — 15/05/09</p>
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<p>A senior diplomat from the Albanian Embassy in Skopje was arrested recently by Turkish police on drug-trafficking charges. <strong>Agim Haxhiu</strong>*, second secretary at the embassy, allegedly used a diplomatic car to travel from Macedonia through Bulgaria and into Turkey, carrying 65kg of heroin.</p>
<p>Albania’s foreign ministry has dismissed Haxhiu from his diplomatic post, citing “unjustified abandonment of duties”.</p>
<p>It is not the first time Albanian diplomacy has become entangled in a drug-trafficking case. Not long ago, Italian police arrested a driver from the country’s embassy in Rome on the same charges. Albanian bloggers are furious.</p>
<p>“It is shameful but not a surprise,” writes Ola at <a href="http://www.shekulli.com.al/2009/05/08/skandali-diplomati-shqiptar-kapet-me-65-kg-heroine.html">Shekulli Online</a>. “It can’t be any different, seeing as the whole diplomatic corps was destroyed and rebuilt on a ‘client’ basis.”</p>
<p>Xhiri agrees, adding that arresting a single diplomat is no big deal. “What about the others who have not been caught??? They are every day in front of you, pompous and conceited …These are the so-called ‘Bosses’ whom many regard with envy.”</p>
<p>Albo at <a href="http://www.forumishqiptar.com/showthread.php?p=2253505">Forumi Shqipitar</a> wants sterner measures. “It’s not enough to fire the diplomat. He should be extradited in Tirana and face a public trial to be an example for all the others,” he writes.</p>
<p>“I think the foreign ministry should reflect immediately and check the diplomatic staff in the embassies,” <a href="http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/blogreview/2009/05/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Low/Content.IE5/DAWK8J8R/%28http:/www.shekulli.com.al/2009/05/08/skandali-diplomati-shqiptar-kapet-me-65-kg-heroine.html">Urim Beshello</a> suggests.</p>
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<p>08/05/2009</p>
<p><a href="http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2007/06/05/feature-02">EU concerned over possible Turkish cross-border operation; plans new accession talks this month</a></p>
<p>05/06/2007</p>
<p><a href="http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/newsbriefs/2008/11/26/nb-07">EU’s Rehn urges Albanian politicians to work together for successful elections</a></p>
<p>26/11/2008</p>
<p><a href="http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/blogreview/2008/09/12/blog-02">Drugs and diplomacy make a sinister mix</a></p>
<p>12/09/2008</p>
<p><a href="http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2006/12/06/feature-02">Macedonia hopes for more liberalised visa regime</a></p>
<p>06/12/2006</p>
<p><a href="http://www.shekulli.com.al/2009/05/08/skandali-diplomati-shqiptar-kapet-me-65-kg-heroine.html">Eri</a>, meanwhile, thinks responsibility goes all the way to the top. “How can the foreign minister not be ashamed and resign? Albania has lost all its credibility in the world,” he contends.</p>
<p>But Edi doesn’t think so. “Minister [Lulzim] Basha has no reason to resign,” he argues. “First of all, he is not responsible for monitoring the job of the diplomats directly; rather, it is a special department in the ministry. Secondly, don’t forget that the minister is new and these diplomats were appointed before him.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.forumishqiptar.com/showthread.php?p=2253505">Guri i Kuq</a> supports the government. “Where is the personal guilt of Prime Minister Sali Berisha, who with our votes became prime minister in charge of all these officials who were not recruited in the last four years?” he asks.</p>
<p>Finally, <a href="http://www.peshkupauje.com/2009/05/65kg-te-kuqe-ne-makinen-e-ambasades-shqi">Bubi Kacurel</a> appeals to the foreign ministry. “It is no shame to declare you have made a mistake in the selection of your personnel,” he writes. “The shame is when you are trying to deceive us by telling us you fired him before he did his trafficking job.”</p>
<p>This content was commissioned for <a href="http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/blogreview/2009/05/15/blog-02">SETimes.com</a></p>
<p><a title="Vize Botschafter der Albanischen Botschaft in Skopje:  Agim Haxhiu in Istanbul mit 68 Kilo Heroin verhaftet" rel="bookmark" href="http://balkanblog.org/2009/05/08/vize-botschafter-der-albanischen-botschaft-in-skopje-agim-haxhiu-in-istanbul-mit-68-kilo-heroin-verhaftet/"></a></p>
<h1><a title="Vize Botschafter der Albanischen Botschaft in Skopje:  Agim Haxhiu in Istanbul mit 68 Kilo Heroin verhaftet" rel="bookmark" href="http://balkanblog.org/2009/05/08/vize-botschafter-der-albanischen-botschaft-in-skopje-agim-haxhiu-in-istanbul-mit-68-kilo-heroin-verhaftet/">Vize Botschafter der Albanischen Botschaft in Skopje:  Agim Haxhiu in Istanbul mit 68 Kilo Heroin verhaftet</a></h1>
<p><a title="Vize Botschafter der Albanischen Botschaft in Skopje:  Agim Haxhiu in Istanbul mit 68 Kilo Heroin verhaftet" rel="bookmark" href="http://balkanblog.org/2009/05/08/vize-botschafter-der-albanischen-botschaft-in-skopje-agim-haxhiu-in-istanbul-mit-68-kilo-heroin-verhaftet/"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/S1vJUxpQq1Q&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/S1vJUxpQq1Q&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></a></p>
<h3><a href="http://balkan-spezial.blogspot.com/2009/05/albanischer-diplomat-agim-haxhiu-in.html">Albanischer Diplomat Agim Haxhiu  in Instanbul verhaftet wegen Drogen Handel</a></h3>
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<title><![CDATA[Balkan  CIA Operation "Roots" ]]></title>
<link>http://balkaninfo.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/balkan-cia-operation-roots/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>balkansurfer</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Nicht nur Bob Dole, war der Ur-Zerstörer von Jugoslawien, sondern sein enger Politischer Partner Rea]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Nicht nur <a href="http://balkanforum.org/thread.php?threadid=56">Bob Dole, war der Ur-Zerstörer von Jugoslawien, sondern sein enger Politischer Partner Reagon</a> gab die Order Jugoslawien zu zerstören und zu zerstückeln</p>
<p><strong>Reagan&#8217;s NSDD 133 (1984) &#8220;Secret and Sensitive&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>15 YEARS OF THE ALBANIAN AMERICAN CIVIC LEAGUE</p>
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<p><span style="color:darkred;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">November 1988. DioGuardi with President Regan, Congressman Rinaldo and National Security Adviser Poindexter in the Oval Office discussing U.S. foreign policy in Balkans.</span></strong></span></p>
<p>aus der Mafia Website <a href="http://blog.aacl.com/wp-content/images/12a.htm" target="_blank">AACL</a></p>
<p>There is evidence that the US administration in liason with its allies took the decision in the early 1980s to destabilise and dismantle Yugoslavia.</p>
<p><strong>The decsion to destroy Yugoslavia as a country and carve it up into a number of small proxy states was taken by the Reagan adminstration in the early 1980s.</strong></p>
<p>NATO&#8217;s Reign of Terror in Kosovo</p>
<p>By Michel Chossudovsky</p>
<p>Global Research, February 25, 2008</p>
<p>The following text was written in the immediate wake of the 1999 NATO bombings of Yugoslavia and the invasion of Kosovo by NATO troops.</p>
<p>It is now well established that the war was waged on a fabricated humanitarian pretext and that extensive war crimes were committed by NATO and the US.</p>
<p>In a bitter irony, the so-called International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague is controlled by those who have committed extensive war crimes. It was not President Milosevic, who was poisoned in his prison cell, but NATO who started the war in Yugoslavia.</p>
<p>According to Nuremberg jurisprudence, the ultimate war crime consists in starting a war. According to William Rockler, former prosecutor of the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal:</p>
<p>&#8220;The [1999] bombing war violates and shreds the basic provisions of the United Nations Charter and other conventions and treaties; the attack on Yugoslavia constitutes the most brazen international aggression since the Nazis attacked Poland to prevent &#8220;Polish atrocities&#8221; against Germans. The United States has discarded pretensions to international legality and decency, and embarked on a course of raw imperialism run amok.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to Nuremberg jurisprudence, NATO heads of State and heads of government are responsible for the supreme crime: &#8220;the crime against peace.&#8221;</p>
<p>Reagan&#8217;s NSDD 133 (1984) &#8220;Secret and Sensitive&#8221;</p>
<p>There is evidence that the US administration in liason with its allies took the decision in the early 1980s to destabilise and dismantle Yugoslavia.</p>
<p>The decsion to destroy Yugoslavia as a country and carve it up into a number of small proxy states was taken by the Reagan adminstration in the early 1980s.</p>
<p><strong>A &#8220;Secret Sensitive&#8221; National Security Decision Directive (NSDD 133) entitled &#8220;US Policy towards Yugoslavia.&#8221; (Declassified) set the foreign policy framework for the destabilization of Yugoslavia&#8217;s model of market socialism and the establishment of a US sphere of influence in Southeastern Europe. </strong></p>
<p>Yugoslavia was in many regards &#8220;an economic success story&#8221;. In the two decades before 1980, annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth averaged 6.1 percent, medical care was free, the rate of literacy was 91 percent, and life expectancy was 72 years.</p>
<p>While NSDD 133 was in itself a somewhat innocous document, it provided legitimacy to the free market reforms. A series of covert intelligence operations were implemented, which consisted in creating and supporting secessionist paramilitary armies, first in Bosnia then in Kosovo.</p>
<p><strong>These covert operations were combined with the destabilization of the Yugoslav economy. The application of strong economic medicine under the helm of the IMF and the World Bank ultimately led to the destruction of Yugoslavia&#8217;s industrial base,</strong> the demise of the workers&#8217; cooperative and the dramatic impoverishment of its population.</p>
<p>Kosovo &#8220;Independence&#8221;</p>
<p>The record of US-NATO war crimes is important in assessing recent developments in Kosovo.</p>
<p>From the outset of their respective mandates in June 1999, both NATO and the UN Mission to Kosovo (UNMIK) have actively supported the KLA, which has committed numerous atrocities.</p>
<p>It is important to understand that these atrocities were ordered by the current and former prime ministers of the Kosovo &#8220;government&#8221;.</p>
<p>Since 1999, State terrorism in Kosovo has become an integral part of NATO&#8217;s design. The present government of prime minister Hashim Thaci (a former KLA Commander), is an outgrowth of this reign of terror. It is not a government in the common sense of the word. It remains a terrorist organization linked to organised crime. It is instrument of the foreign occupation.</p>
<p>Michel Chossudovsky, 23 February 2008</p>
<p><a href="http://globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=8168" target="_blank">http://globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=8168</a></p>
<p>siehe die <a href="http://balkanforum.org/thread.php?threadid=2193">Senats Resolution Nr. 150 von 1986 </a>von Bob Dole zur Zerschlagung von Jugoslawien</p>
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<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/the-modern-pursuit-of-human-perfection-defining-who-is-worthy-of-life/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Spirit of our Time</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The What Sorts Network, in conjunction with the Values and Ethics Task Force of the Canadian Associa]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Anytime/Anywhere Content Lab]]></title>
<link>http://mobilizedtv.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/anytimeanywhere-content-lab/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[USC&#8217;s Entertainment Technology Center has a history of being in the right place at the right t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.etcenter.org">USC&#8217;s Entertainment Technology Center</a> has a history of being in the right place at the right time. Created as a consortium funded by the major content, technology, CE and service companies, ETC&#8217;s stated goal is &#8220;to understand next-gen consumers and explore new opportunities for reaching them with digital content. &#8221; ETC was the main player, for many years, in the efforts to arrive at a standard for Digital Cinema. With that task behind the organization,  ETC and its CEO/Executive Director David Wertheimer have now turned their attentions to the Anytime/Anywhere Content Laboratory (AACL).</p>
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<p>MobilizedTV had an opportunity to speak with Wertheimer about the lab and how it might help vendors to improve the state-of-the-art of mobile TV/video.  Here&#8217;s what he had to say:</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been working on the lab for several months now but it&#8217;s just now coming to fruition as a place where we can gather people and have a critical mass of state-of-the art devices to show how content moves across platforms through the home and to consumers on the go. it gives us a real opportunity to provide context for the industry-shaping discussions we have at the ETC between content providers, systems operators, technology and consumer electronics companies.</p>
<p>The technology is changing every day. And so we and, importantly, our member companies came to the conclusion that it would be great to have a place where we could not only know that we could follow the state-of-the-art and see content as consumers would see it, perhaps before they&#8217;d see it in many cases, but use it as a opportunity to talk about where things are headed and how we can work together to make sure that consumer experiences are as good as we want them to be.</p>
<p>The AACL builds on the model and the success of the Digial Cinema Lab where people from multiple industries were able to come together and hash out how Digital Cinema could work and come into existence.</p>
<p>For the AACL, our executive sponsors include major content partners from <a href="http://www.Disney.com">Disney</a>, <a href="http://www.warnerbros.com">Warner Bros.</a> to <a href="http://www.newscorp.com">Fox</a>, <a href="http://www.SonyPictures.com">Sony Pictures</a> and <a href="http://www.lucasfilm.com">Lucasfilm </a>to  companies like <a href="http://www.sharpusa.com">Sharp Electronics</a>, <a href="http://www.vw.com">Volkswagen of America</a>, <a href="http://www.cisco.com">Cisco</a>, and <a href="http://www.alcatel-lucent.com">Alcatel- Lucent</a>. Project sponsors include <a href="http://www.dolby.com">Dolby</a>, <a href="http://www.sandisk.com">SanDisk</a> and <a href="http://www.lge.com">LG Electronics</a>. In addition to that, we have lots of companies that have donated hardware and software to the lab, to be represented there.</p>
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<p>One of the things we&#8217;re doing in August and into September is building out the 3D home part of the lab.  We&#8217;re largely looking at the technologies that either encode, decode or display 3D video. That said, we have a working group looking at 3D end-to-end.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re just beginning to build out the relationships and technologies from the mobile side. Alcatel-Lucent was the first board member to join us and they and we are interested in bringing in companies from the wireless service provider space to be a part of the discussions we have. We&#8217;ve talked quite a bit about the state of the market, what&#8217;s working and what&#8217;s not and what we can do better in terms of making things better.</p>
<p>With regard to mobile, we&#8217;re looking at questions such as, Are there opportunities for us to build towards more common formats, since there are hundreds of video formats required to service the various handsets? How can we help drive a movement towards sanity? I think this is an opportune time to be doing this. People have seen some excitement about mobile but cost is going to be important in the mobile space.  So doing things efficiently both for the service provider and content provider are going to be really important. People weren&#8217;t focused on that when they were just excited to get content on the mobile device. How, now, will we encourage the right things to happen so we don&#8217;t have to produce 200 versions of a movie or TV show, but a much smaller number and make sure they look good?</p>
<p>In the lab, we have lots of portable devices, from <a href="http://www.Apple.com">Apple iPods to iPhones</a> to LG Voyagers, which <a href="http://www.verizon.com">Verizon </a>is an affiliate sponsor of. I think a lot of these guys are headed in the right direction. This game is far from over. If you look at where the iPhone is, it&#8217;s got a lot of people excited about video on portable devices which is good. But the field is still wide open. I think that if people are smart about creating devices that are easy to use and really good at providing a quality user experience, I think there is still a lot of room for people to make inroads.</p>
<p>In the lab, our goal is to see how consumers are consuming on the leading edge and how that changes how major content producers and those who have to build the big systems to enable it are going to do what they do. Trending is important to us, but we don&#8217;t need lots and lots of people sitting around the table with us to fully understand that. The reason we bring smaller companies together with our larger partners is it is important to have that dialogue. The next big distribution company might be a name we don&#8217;t know today. We need to continue to be out there looking for how things are changing technologically and from a consumer behavior point of view, and what that means for content and consumer electronics.</p>
<p>Currently, our lab is not open to the public. The use of our lab is one of the sponsor benefits of being part of our organization. We are exploring right now how to involve smaller companies. Traditionally, ETC has been a non-profit organization funded by very large industry-shaping organizations, because it&#8217;s been frankly the power of those organizations that have been able to move the needle. That said, in today&#8217;s world, where smaller companies can have more and more influence, we are constantly and are currently evaluating how we open it up for those kinds of companies to be involved.</p>
<p>We do several events such as Tech First Look where we invite start-up companies to make a presentations and have a dialogue with the member companies and other industry analysts and so forth.  We do those events a couple of times a year.  So we have ways to get those companies in front of our member organizations, but we don&#8217;t currently have a way for them to join.</p>
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