One of the problems you will see is that when using OTT, as it is defined by the carriers, is that some of the most important content is not now nor will it be available for at least the foreseeable future. OTT as they define it is available over the open internet similar to what Sling and Vue are doing. Getting OTT rights from stations who don’t even have those rights from the national networks, is a problem. Often national networks can’t provide it either because they don’t have it for some of the content (read NFL here).
At Real Choice we decided that model was not the one we wanted to pursue. IPTV is different in that it is only provided over a closed network. It: 1. Is easier to control the quality of the delivery 2. Allows you to provide all the content (if you read the small print there are a number of programs that are blacked out for Vue, Sling, YouTubeTV and others). 3. Allows you to insert your own programming. 4. Provides an additional source of income. We can currently provide some programming OTT, and I believe over time that will grow, but our decision was to provide the content people wanted on a closed network and move to OTT as it was possible to do so. OTT providers decided to provide whatever content they could get OTT, and then go back and try to get the rights to add what people want. Different approaches to the same problem, with one important difference, those OTT providers will not give you a piece of the pie. Come to the session IPTV- To do or not to do, at Wispapalooza, we will have lots of good info for you there! Layne Sisk ServerPlus 801.426.8283, ext 102<tel:801.426.8283%2C%20ext%20102> [New logo xl]<http://www.serverplus.com/> [http://i.imgur.com/VOz763A.png] [http://i.imgur.com/xvQYYWa.png]<https://www.facebook.com/ServerPlus365/> [http://i.imgur.com/ELG0AB1.png]<https://twitter.com/RealServerPlus> [Utah 100] [fast50-01] [Inc 5000] From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 9:08 AM To: Animal Farm <af@afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] OTT-TV Anyone here doing Over The Top TV with their subs? If so, What are some issues you deal with and which content provider are you working with? We are looking into Rodeo and RealChoice for this solution. Being that we are all wireless we want to be able to provide voip and some video with our higher tier package. -- [cid:image005.jpg@01D33792.655AAAB0]
