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Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix


From: Daniel Ankers <md1clv () md1clv com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:58:35 +0100

On 14 July 2014 13:44, Dave Temkin <dave () temk in> wrote:

With multiple different encodes (driven by
differing DRM and device types) the odds of two people watching the exact
same thing are relatively low. The law of large numbers rules the game.

-Dave


What are the chances of performing transcoding on the device rather than
sending multiple copies to it?

It seems that would save bandwidth without risking any licensing issues.

Dan


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