[opendtv] How does TV Everywhere work?

  • From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 08:59:39 -0500

Bert has raised a number of issues about TV Everywhere in recent posts. In 
particular he has focused on the fact that Comcast has a significant lead in 
TVE content availability over other MVPD competitors. 

So I decided to do a bit of research about the history of TVE, and the 
technologies behind it. This message is just a bunch of representative links to 
some of the most interesting resources I found. The first is a 2013 TV 
Technology column by Paul Madsen. It provides a bit of history and a good 
technical overview of the infrastructure behind TVE.

http://www.tvtechnology.com/cable-satellite-iptv/0149/how-does-tv-everywhere-work/268647

This is a bit older slide presentation, that provides a good overview:

http://www.incospec.com/resources/webinars/files/Incospec%20-%20Multiscreen%20-%20TV%20everywhere-final.pdf

Here are a variety of links to some of the infrastructure companies involved 
and white papers they have published:

http://www.akamai.com/dl/feature_sheets/TV_Everywhere_FS.pdf

http://www.netscout.com/library/Products%20Quick%20Looks/NetScout_QL_TV_Everywhere_SP.pdf

http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/DirecTV-Highlights-Hurdles-and-Flaws-of-TV-Everywhere-Access--93444.aspx

http://www.lightreading.com/cable-video/ott/cablelabs-issues-tv-everywhere-specs/d/d-id/681419

http://www.v-net.tv/accelerating-tv-everywhere-for-pay-tv-operators

And finally, this is a recent sponsored report with lot's of good info between 
the ads.

http://www.btreport.net/content/dam/btr/migrated/2014/01/1401BTR-SR-Final.pdf

Regards
Craig 
 
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