[LINK] IPTv

[Kim Holburn]

On 2010/Apr/14, at 6:47 AM, Richard Chirgwin wrote:

> I can't help but ask the dog-in-the-manger question.
>
> There's been more than ten years, I suppose, of "the Internet will  
> kill
> TV". Everything about TV was seen as wrong: the content was crap  
> (mostly
> I agree), the model of the passive viewer is outdated, etc ...
>
> Now, the letters "IP" become a magic fairy dust that you sprinkle on  
> TV
> to make it cool. As long as you're distributing Desperate Housewives  
> or
> Cougars or whatever on the Internet, it's suddenly the Next Big Thing.
>
> I don't quite get that ...

In this case there is a set-top box.  I assume it's encrypted, an  
encrypted stream.  Just using internet as cable.

Technically having TV over internet is simple.  The problem comes with  
copyright, licensing and ultimately making money.  The same problem as  
what we now call free-to-air TV faced.  And they opted for broadcast  
licenses creating an artificial scarcity.  How do you create an  
artificial scarcity with the internet?  Encryption.

Anyway, we already have TV over the internet.  Youtube and clones.   
But it's not anything like having 5 free-to-air TV stations and you  
only have to watch adds when you want to.  Personally I'm amazed  
people can actually bear to watch Australian commercial TV.

>
> RC
>
> stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>> iiNet to deliver TV over internet
>>
>> AAP, April 12, 2010
>>
>> <http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/iinet-to-deliver-tv-
>> over-internet-20100412-s2q6.html>
>>
>>
>> Internet service provider iiNet will soon deliver customers a range  
>> of
>> free and subscription television channels via broadband connection  
>> after
>> signing a partnership with FetchTV.
>>
>> The deal means iiNet customers will be able to have their internet
>> connection, telephone service and television from a single  
>> provider, the
>> Perth-based iiNet said today.
>>

...

>> The FetchTV service would also offer video on demand content such as
>> films, television shows, documentaries and children's programs, as  
>> well
>> as pay-per-view new release movies.
>>
>> There will also be 3D capability, games & web access via the set- 
>> top-box.

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