On 3 Sep 2019, at 16:25, Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> wrote: > > > >> On 2/Sep/19 18:53, Neil J. McRae wrote: >> BT TV is delivered via multicast. Works lovely and we sell TV connect for >> those that want their content delivered via multicast. > > I don't think customers care, as long as it works. Satellite, > terrestrial, IPTV, makes no difference to them. > > I just think that broadcasters have better opportunities to deliver > linear TV via IP than via satellite, as more bandwidth provides more > options. >
When it comes to TV customers don’t care about the technology but they absolutely care about the experience and with multicast I can be certain of that experience much more easily. Satellite is far from dead also but isn’t the growing market SpaceX and others would have you believe!
