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Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously?
From: Gian Constantine <constantinegi () corp earthlink net>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:54:26 -0500
The changes in network news have little to do with consumer tendencies or entrenched content provider culture. News departments have operated at a financial loss for many many years. The big networks supported news as a service to the public, not as a moneymaker. Furthermore, the internet has really changed the way news is consumed. I really think it falls outside of the entertainment discussion. It is a very different product.
Gian Anthony Constantine Senior Network Design Engineer Earthlink, Inc. On Jan 15, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Richard Naylor wrote:
At 09:50 a.m. 15/01/2007 -0500, Gian Constantine wrote:The problem with this all (or mostly) VoD model is the entrenched culture. In countries outside of the U.S. with smaller channel lineups, an all VoD model might be easier to migrate to over time. In the U.S., where we have 200+ channel lineups, consumers have become accustomed to the massive variety and instant gratification of a linear lineup. If you leave it to the customer to choose their programs, and then wait for them to arrive and be viewed, the instant gratification aspect is lost. This is important to consumers here.While I do not think an all or mostly VoD model will work for consumers in U.S. in the near term (next 5 years), it may work in the long term (7-10 years). There are so many obstacles in the way from a business side of things, though.I don't see many obstacles for content and neither do other broadcasters. The broadcast world is changing. Late last year ABC or NBC (sorry brain fade) announced the lay off of 700 News staff, saying news is no longer king. Instead they are moving to a strategy similar to that of the BBC. ie lots of on-demand content on the Internet.Rich
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- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously?, (continued)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Stephen Sprunk (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Roland Dobbins (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Mikael Abrahamsson (Jan 14)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Travis H. (Jan 19)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Marshall Eubanks (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Andy Davidson (Jan 15)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Michal Krsek (Jan 15)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Joe Abley (Jan 15)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Gian Constantine (Jan 15)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Richard Naylor (Jan 15)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Gian Constantine (Jan 15)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Peter Corlett (Jan 16)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Marshall Eubanks (Jan 12)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Marshall Eubanks (Jan 13)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Mikael Abrahamsson (Jan 10)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Marshall Eubanks (Jan 10)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Petri Helenius (Jan 10)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Gian Constantine (Jan 10)
- RE: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Bora Akyol (Jan 09)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Simon Lockhart (Jan 09)
- Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously? Gian Constantine (Jan 09)