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Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone?
From: Scott Helms <khelms () ispalliance net>
Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 12:53:08 -0400
On 5/4/2011 12:26 PM, Tim Franklin 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.
I agree, I think less and less content will be multicast with live events (like sports) being the notable exception. Having said that I think that multicast will increase in importance as more live events move into the remotely viewable venue. There is a huge market for concerts, live pays, comedy, and other content that just isn't available right now. The viewing market will continue to fragment requiring more sources of content than are available today. In short the percentage of video sent as multicast will decrease (IMO) over time but the overall volume will increase as total video content as IP greatly expands.
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