Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone?

[Charles Morris <cmorris () cs odu edu>]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Tim Franklin <tim () pelican org> wrote:
> > I think that George's POV -- which is also mine -- is that as the
> > world shifts, the percentage of video distribution which is
> > amenable to multicast, and not well served by unicast, is likely
> > to grow, and it would be a Good Idea to be ready for that
> > situation already when it arrives.
>
> Really?  If anything, I'd say quite the opposite.  Watching media in the time-slot that someone else has decided on 
> is *so* 20th-century - I can't remember the last time I sat down to actively watch a programme in its original 
> transmission slot.  (As opposed to having the TV on as background, e.g. 15 minutes of breakfast news in the morning). 
>  I guess multicast to a recording application (or appliance) might work - but essentially my requirement is strongly 
> skewed towards video-on-demand.
>
> I have absolutely zero interest in sport of any kind though - I'm given to understand there's quite a high demand for 
> live viewing of that.
>
> Regards,
> Tim.

Content can still be multicasted to the edge caching servers, for
near-real-time updates,
that you then may visit/view on-demand with your favorite unicast client

Charles