> >> On 2/Sep/19 18:48, Marek Isalski wrote: >> >> Isn't it all about on-demand streaming now, rather than broad-/multi-cast? >> I mean, who actually watches live TV these days? It seems like building a >> network for the future of video consumption (Millenial and Gen-Z) will need >> CDN-type nodes as close as possible to distribution/aggregation nodes rather >> than multicast across a backbone? > > This. > > The only stuff I watch on linear TV is sports and the news. Movies are > streamed, either from a streaming service or my in-house media centre. >
We are not many of the users who use this service. > >> Maybe multicast still has a role to play to deliver content to set-top >> boxes...? > > That's what it's doing today for IPTV service providers. Some providers > have the STB's doubling as media centres, so chances are that if the > STB's will remain in situ, much of the traffic will move from Multicast > to Unicast, over time. > I’ve thought that myself but current evidence of usage doesn’t align with that view. Atleast in the UK it’s a long way off (US too from my conversations with a few of the operators there.).