The biggest ones are getting the rights to the content, and getting the content. I don't remember what we paid for Mineva. Before that, we used Espial ( http://www.espial.com/) Might want to check them out. No idea what they're cost is now either. I've never worked with any VoD content.
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]>wrote: > So we're looking at $25k for the hardware to do an MPEG-4 H.264 IPTV system > for up to 100 channels? > > Remaining items needed (or desired): > > 1) Middleware (Minerva) > 2) Licensing (only your past seems to indicate that this can be done) > 3) VoD > 4) Content stream from Avail or Echostar > > Missing anything? > > Costs for the others? > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Jayson Baker" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:20 PM > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] IPTV -- Anyone doing it? > > > Interestingly enough, I've had a project lying on my desk for a couple > > weeks > > now which requires streaming live content to a large group of people in a > > neighborhood (think of it as a neighborhood association wanting to > > broadcast > > their meetings to their residents). I don't know why I didn't see the > > similarity between this post and that project. > > > > I just spent the last couple hours working on this, and now have a Linux > > server streaming the content out over the wireless network multicast > > without > > any issues. > > > > Taking a deeper look... > > We have ASI-input cards from Linear Systems. They take 4 ASI streams... > > maybe 32 each? I can't remember. > > > > A quick look on eBay found some Moto C-Band receivers that output 32 ASI > > streams for under $1000. > > > > An entire receiving, encoding, streaming headend for under 100 channels > > could be built for probably under $25,000. > > > > I don't know what you're after, but if there is some serious interest in > > putting effort into something like this, we might be on board. > > > > Jayson > > > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Jack Unger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Blake, > >> > >> In general the IPTV principles being discussed would apply to any > >> broadband wireless system either license-free, licensed, or > >> licensed-lite. > >> > >> jack > >> > >> > >> Blake Covarrubias wrote: > >> > I've read the responses from others who are running IPTV over > wireless. > >> > > >> > My question is when you all are saying wireless, do you mean > unlicensed > >> 2.4ghz or 5.8ghz, or do you mean wireless technology in general? > >> > > >> > My company utilizes 2.5 and 3.65ghz, which are the same frequencies > >> > we'd > >> be looking to use to deploy IPTV. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Blake Covarrubias > >> > > >> > On Nov 15, 2009, at 4:03 PM, 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 > >> > >> -- > >> Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. > >> Author - "Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs" > >> Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 > >> www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 [email protected] > >> > >> Sent from my Pizzicato PluckString... > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! > >> http://signup.wispa.org/ > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >> > >> 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: [email protected] > > > > 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: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
