[opendtv] Re: Netflix's Move Onto the Web Stirs Rivalries
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 07:52:52 -0500
The real difference, IMO, is that many more people have broadband
connections now, than they did in 2003. So real-time streaming of a
movie is practical, whereas previously, the complete download
required a lot longer than the actual viewing.
Yes more people have broadband, and speeds have increased. But
improvements in video compression technology have literally cut the
problem in half, and improvements in streaming technology have
contributed to the improvements as well.
It's no accident that ATSC MHP uses h.264 compression. To paraphrase
Peter Tannewald:
The principal cause of the problem is the architecture of
first-decade technology; MPEG-2 is now wastes huge amounts of
bandwidth for both broadcasters and the MVPDs.
"And that shift coincides with an ominous development for cable
companies, which long controlled home entertainment: for the first
time in their history, cable television subscriptions fell in the
United States in the last two quarters ..."
Not quite the right time for the FCC to yank away people's FOTA TV
access, I think. Or, broadcasters should do a lot more live
streaming too, over the web?
Stop with the melodrama Bert. The FCC is not trying to kill FOTA;
they don't need to, because the congloms are doing that for them.
But they are trying to reduce the amount of spectrum used for the
FOTA service to levels that are more appropriate, given what
broadcasters are doing with it, and what consumers are getting from
it.
Regards
Craig
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