Companies like Avail and EchoStar (there has been some consolidation) provide the raw streams. Organizations like NRTC (and maybe EchoStar) do the licensing. There were others, but they didn't have a very good HD channel lineup.
Trust me, I would love to find a way to do this without $500k and legally on wireless. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 10:53 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] IPTV -- Anyone doing it? > You have to spend a lot of money getting the rights from the channels - > this > is painful. > > An alternative is to resell service from a company that already has this. > I > believe you must use the feed from that particular company, but I could be > wrong. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." > --- Albert Einstein > > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:50 PM, jree...@18-30chat.net < > jree...@18-30chat.net> wrote: > >> Do you have any idea why? And, from my reading of FCC documents a IP >> Video >> delivery service is not bound by the same CATV must carry rules. >> >> >> Why do you say 500k for a real system? As if it costing less makes it not >> real? >> Or do you mean some industry "we decide this is what/how you will do it" >> setup? >> >> Mike Hammett wrote: >> > Every time this comes up, I say the same thing. You can't over >> > wireless. >> > The content owners WILL NOT license it for wireless use. I've tried >> > numerous times. >> > >> > Expect to dump about $500k into a real system to do IPTV. >> > >> > >> > ----- >> > Mike Hammett >> > Intelligent Computing Solutions >> > http://www.ics-il.com >> > >> > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------- >> > From: <jree...@18-30chat.net> >> > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 8:44 AM >> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> > Subject: [WISPA] IPTV -- Anyone doing it? >> > >> >> 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
