?There is no way they can make you take them all, i know of hundreds of CATV systems that only have ONE non OTA channel in order to qualify as CATV and charge in the 25~35 range. Check the FCC CATV DB and you can locate them too.
I do not want hundreds of channels or VoD right now. Also, you cna get 32 channel ASI cards for about $1000, and a ASI<>IP box for about $2000. I am looking at other methods of providing the IP stream, preferably to purchase it directly. Then the headend becomes a caching IP stream box. I understand what is being said about needing to maintain the encryption from start to finish. I will ask about this and find out whos encryption this would be. If you have some specific contacts that said no to wireless, I would like to talk with them if that is possible. Mike Hammett wrote: > A couple racks of equipment to provide a couple hundred channels and enough > VoD just takes money. > > Usually when you want one channel from a content provider, they make you > offer them all. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: <jree...@18-30chat.net> > Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 10:50 PM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] IPTV -- Anyone doing it? > >> 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/
