> > 1) Content streams from Avail (or possibly EchoStar) > Yes
> 2) Independent licensing process > Yes, in some cases. Never worked with E*. > 3) Home built headend (though reading back through your previous posts, I get the impression you used one from Avail) > We used Avail's headend. Initially, it was total garbage. When I left that company, they were still trying to get simple things done reliably. I'm sure it's resolved by now. If I were to do it again, I'd build my own, and save about $250k. > 4) Minerva middleware (I understand that to be the best one) > Yes, indeed. They do have the best in my opinion. But there are cheaper ones, that will do the trick. I wish I could remember what we initially used. Started with an E... *shrug* > 5) Moto STBs > Yes, but again there are cheaper ones. The Mood (or i3, I think they're one-in-the-same now) boxes work just as good, and are much cheaper. I'm trying to remember the name of the company/guy we bought a lot of this equipment from. If I think of it, I'll post it. On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]>wrote: > So: > > 1) Content streams from Avail (or possibly EchoStar) > 2) Independent licensing process > 3) Home built headend (though reading back through your previous posts, I > get the impression you used one from Avail) > 4) Minerva middleware (I understand that to be the best one) > 5) Moto STBs > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Jayson Baker" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:09 AM > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] IPTV -- Anyone doing it? > > > I cannot comment on the contracts. > > > > As I have mentioned previously, we bought the aggregated content from > > Avail > > Media. They can probably help you. > > > > We did still have direct contracts with the networks though. Ultimately, > > they were the ones who agreed to allow us to distribute via wireless. > > > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:19 PM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Jayson, > >> > >> Can you elaborate on the contracts and the system you have in place to > >> provide this? > >> > >> -RickG > >> > >> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Jayson Baker <[email protected] > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > Actually, you're completely wrong. We got all of our networks to > agree > >> to > >> > allow us to transport it wirelessly. > >> > The requirement was that we own the network entirely, from end A to > end > >> Z, > >> > and that we control every part of it. > >> > The ones that are concerned about theft (i.e. ESPN/Disney, HBO, etc.) > >> > already had encrypted stream anyway. > >> > > >> > We successfuly transmitted all of our programming over MikroTik > >> > wireless > >> > links without any problems. Including HD. > >> > > >> > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Mike Hammett < > [email protected] > >> > >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: <[email protected]> > >> > > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 8:44 AM > >> > > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > >> > > 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. 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