Thats the problem, if I had 50K sitting around for gear, I would not be putting it into TV (well, maybe I would be, but more BW, more towers, faster clients, etc come to mind sooner).
I can build a head end for far far less then that, If I stuck to the free channels or made my won deals with each channel. There are 1000's (well, close) of free to air channels out there. Some even give explicit permission to rebroadcast the channel, as long as you notify them etc. I was hoping to find a place that would let me purchase channels X, Y, and Z, etc. The locals are easy enough to deal with. So, Looks like I will need to do my own head end, no biggie over all. Who do I talk to about licensing? I knwo some channels are direct, some are not. Is there a list? And, can a person who already has a license sub-license to me? Like MDU style? I know Charter does that, if you have enough people (IE I suspect enough money) If I could sublet off of a existing licensee and do my own IP transport, that would work out pretty well. Anyone have a license contract they can share? (most seam to have some NDA stuffs) can...@believewireless.net wrote: > When we looked into Avail Media, it was a $500,000 investment to start > if I remember correctly. (Headend, set top boxes, etc.) > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Jayson Baker <jay...@spectrasurf.com> wrote: >> Have a look at Avail Media. We used them in the past for an FTTH project I >> was involved in. >> They will provide you the headend, and satellite feeds from their >> super-headend (aggregator). >> They work with the networks and it makes licensing and such a little easier. >> >> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:44 AM, jree...@18-30chat.net <jree...@18-30chat.net >>> wrote: >>> I have been looking at some IPTV options and basically, there does not seam >>> to >>> be a whole lot of options. I can A) build my own IP headend B) nada . I >>> can not >>> find a single IPTV provider that truly caters to the resident, soho, etc. >>> There >>> is one that does so for huge cable op's but thats not where I am at, yet =) >>> >>> I can build my own head end no problem. Licensing is the primary issues >>> there. I >>> am guessing that is what is stopping the explosion of retail IPTV and >>> instead >>> pushing the more a la carte IP video streamers like NetFlix, HuLu, et al. >>> >>> So, what options exist for IPTV ? >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
