[opendtv] Re: Can't stream HD?
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:39:52 -0500
At 9:18 PM -0800 12/13/08, Ron Economos wrote:
Remember that the profit margins for broadcast equipment
are astronomical. Those Divicatch gadgets I mentioned
in my previous post sell for over $1000. I'll guess the
BOM cost is less than $100.
Ron
And the NRE to play in the broadcast market is relatively small when
compared to that which is required to play in CE devices. I know
because I have developed a number of product for the broadcast and
professional video markets, as an employee at Grass Valley and as an
independent contractor developing products for Videotek and ForA. And
it is not difficult to market to a target audience this size.
Unfortunately the much larger professional video markets are now more
like the consumer markets - Apple has several hundred thousand seats
of Final Cut Studio. A few thousand of these are in broadcast
facilities. Even Avid is struggling to compete in this market now.
There certainly is room for both in this world, and even if OTA
broadcasting dies, there will still be many opportunities to develop
products for market niches in the content distribution business.
But the requirements are changing. The creation of 24/7 linear
transport streams as a business is being challenged by streaming
content files on demand. The latter is being fueled by the continuous
evolution of IP networks, which is another market for which you need
significant resources to be able to play (i.e. in the core
technologies that are dominated by the likes of Cisco).
On the other hand, this evolution is opening up huge new
opportunities for small developers - The App store for the iPhone and
iPod Touch is a great example. More than 10,000 applications in the
first 5 months, with more than 100 million applications downloaded.
This is not about religion. It is about innovation.
Regards
Craig
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