[opendtv] Re: Punching Above Its Weight, Upstart Netflix Pokes at HBO - NYTimes.com

  • From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:05:56 -0500

This is not what I understand that Comcast is doing. 

They have deployed a large number of STBs, like the Motorola box John has, that 
receive VOD content via the ISP side of the business. They are expanding this 
further with X-1, moving the program guide and other new Internet based 
services to the IP side of the plant.

No doubt some companies are using the Internet to move assets to the VOD 
servers on the QAM side of the plant, but this does not scale well unless you 
significantly reduce the number of homes on a network node to free up video 
bandwidth for more VOD streams.

The Streampix service is delivered via IP. To the best of my knowledge there 
are no smartphones or tablets that have coax connectors and QAM Demods.

Regards
Craig

> On Feb 23, 2014, at 12:26 PM, "Jim Cole" <colejd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>> Yes, Craig, that's exactly what I said. And they most likely have the
> bandwidth, because they already have their VOD service from servers within
> their network.
> 
>> See the response to John's message and articles I posted therein. The need
> to move VOD to the IP side of the business because they do not have the
> bandwidth on the live video side, and they have enhanced capabilities when
> they move to IP. But remember, this stuff is still INSIDE their walled
> garden.
> 
> The need to move VOD to IP was to efficiently truck the assets from the
> central VOD farms on their internet network. Capacity on the RF side had
> nothing to do with it. The video asset it trucked from the VOD farm (where
> the assets are stored) to the pumps sites, then to the QAM modulators. At
> the QAM mod, the IP is stripped from the MPEG and looks like another video
> QAM carrier. The only "VOD" content that is IP to the STB is anything under
> the StreamPix menu. 
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