Craig Birkmaier wrote: > Offering this content via the Internet would require blocking the > ability to view it outside of the market for which they have the > license; this is possible, but easily worked around. I think the blocking could be "good enough," if this is done right. The broadcast station servers would be located within each local ISP network. The hosts allowed to view the Internet streams would only be those of subscribers to that local ISP, as determined when the unicast session is launched. This should also work if the ISP wants to use IP multicast, as those can be filtered at egress routers, although typically they don't like that. I agree one can circumvent this, but you know, there are also ways for individuals to receive OTA broadcasts and put them on the Internet. I doubt anyone is terribly concerned about these schemes? > 2. The networks want to do it themselves. No doubt, and in fact, they do. So, are the networks not concerned about Aereo? Or does anyone in the TV industry really believe that the issue here is real-time streaming, as opposed to VOD that the networks offer? I've yet to read anything coherent against Aereo. It's always vague generalities about "selling other people's content," a total lack of appreciation for the fact that everything Aereo provides is only local FOTA content to local IP subscribers (Bloomberg TV excepted), and consequently irrelevant comparisons with cable TV systems. > This is a non-starter, as it is unlikely the FCC will mandate > another update to receivers. Yeah, I have to agree. Nor can I blame the FCC. The best part about ATSC 3.0, IMO, is that we'll get to see another bunch of comparison tests, assuming it gets that far. I find those very interesting. Aside from that, I'd say better spend time on Internet solutions. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.