> On 2 Sep 2019, at 17:37, Nicholas Humfrey <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there any chance of multicast making a resurgence? If everyone has gigabit > internet to their homes, will the network cores be able to cope with everyone > watching 35 Mbps UHD (Live) television streams simultaneously?
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? Maybe multicast still has a role to play to deliver content to set-top boxes...? Marek Isalski Technical Director, Faelix Limited, https://faelix.net/ Faelix Limited: Security, Networks & Software. Registered in England and Wales. Office: The Yard, 11 Bent Street, Manchester, M8 8NF. Company: 5852778. VAT: 889 441470.
