I have been following this. Really muddies the water, especially with OTT
getting increasingly more fully featured with common channels. The day is
coming that CATV systems will just be nothing more than another ISP with
everyone getting their content from a large aggregator and CDN. I would be
more worried if I was Directtv or Dish.
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From: Josh Reynolds
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 10:23 AM
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Subject: [AFMUG] FCC Set Top NPRM
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db0218/FCC-16-18A1.pdf
This makes me giggle.
As someone dealing with multiple content providers, middleware,, set
top vendors, channel lineups, encryption systems, and the new purchase
of a small satellite downlink farm, it's going to be incredibly
interesting to see how the content and distribution industry handles
this whole thing. Oh, the advertising folks as well.
*throws hands up in air*
There are a lot of technical concerns as well... for example, what
happens if we move to an app based solution for every device, and
forego multicast? That's going to place a *substantial* burden on ISP
access and transit networks.
