[opendtv] Re: Best apps to enhance your Super Bowl 50 viewing experience | Fox News Video
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 06:37:09 -0500
On Feb 3, 2016, at 9:34 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Craig, I only disagree with throwing about mindless hype. Obviously, being
the one who watches TV over the Internet by default, I know full well how TV
is distributed over the Internet.
But that is irrelevant to this discussion. We're talking about using the
Internet as a "back channel" for broadcast and live linear TV.
However, before Internet broadband access existed, before TV could be
streamed to your IP appliances, the one-way broadcast variants of DTV, such
as ATSC and DVB-T, were certainly not "part of the Internet." That's just
misuse of words.
Again, you are completely missing the point.
Since you are not a sports fan, you may not watch the game Sunday, which is
being streamed by CBS in the clear. If you do watch, look at the number of
commercials that tie back to the Internet; we are even seeing commercials
without an ending, that ask the viewers to go to a web site to see the
conclusion, and in some cases to create your own ending.
During recent presidential debates there have been realtime polls and even
questions from viewers who sent them via Facebook or Twitter.
None of these examples are using the Internet back channel to close the loop
with a TCP/IP session, but it clearly demonstrates how networks are being used
in a complementary way for modern communications. And nothing precludes using
the Internet to request bits from a broadcaster, or to join a multicast.
Regards
Craig
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