I agree with Travis for similar reasons. I doubt anyone other than the
fiber to the home people are going to be able to compete with IPTV
unless something drastic happens for wireless delivery of bandwidth.
With the proliferation of 720p HDTV and up I can't see someone hooking
that up to the internet so they can watch 320x240 videos.
The goggle/youtube numbers are impressive, but they really are apples to
oranges when comparing to TV content. 151 minutes of programming a
month is a far cry from the average of at least that a day for normal TV
viewing.
In my opinion there is only one thing that will make IPTV the killer
application and that is retroactive time shifting. In other words, if
I'm at the coffee shop and everyone is talking about the cool show they
watched last night or over the weekend and I can go online and get it.
Until that occurs I don't see the benefit of tying up my IP pipe for
video when I can affordably get it off of a medium better suited for it
(general broadcast rather than the multiple ptp streams of IPTV). Until
someone works out a deal with the major networks to be able to store and
serve content at an affordable rate most people will stick with a
dish/cable and a HD PVR. Going to the network sites only in a last
ditch to get that episode of Lost that they missed.
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
George Rogato wrote:
Nice easy reading here.
http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1264
Looks like the trend is towards video on demand.
Here's a link:
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/index.do/4
We have a long way to go before this stuff is mainstream for sure. But
there is a convergence happening.
I myself don't want to watch a movie on my pc monitor. I like the
comfort of a big picture in my easy chair. When I can do that with
internet tv, it will be a lot more popular.
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