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RE: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? (was: Royal Wedding...)
From: George Bonser <gbonser () seven com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:16:51 -0700
You've conflated my two points. That would tell the *carriers* who's watching what, but they probably don't care. I was talking about *the providers* knowing (think DRM and "3096 viewers online"). Cheers, -- jra
It would be done the same way it is done currently with cable TV. Who tells CBS how many people are watching? The cable provider knows (or has the capability of knowing with modern digital cable) exactly what channel each cable box is watching at any time. How does a provider of broadcast television know who is watching? They don't, unless the subscriber has a ratings service device at their prem. But if "broadcast" events over the internet are treated the same as "broadcast" events over RF, who cares?
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- Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone?, (continued)
- Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? Saku Ytti (Apr 29)
- RE: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? Robert Bonomi (Apr 29)
- Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 30)
- Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? Daniel Roesen (Apr 29)
- Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? Martin Millnert (Apr 29)
- Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? Jared Mauch (Apr 29)
- Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? Chris Adams (Apr 30)
- Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? Jared Mauch (Apr 29)
- Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? (was: Royal Wedding...) Jay Ashworth (Apr 29)
- RE: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? (was: Royal Wedding...) George Bonser (Apr 29)
- Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? (was: Royal Wedding...) Lamar Owen (Apr 30)
- Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone? (was: Royal Wedding...) Lamar Owen (Apr 30)