On 5/18/11 2:33 PM, Dorn Hetzel wrote:
If we're really talking efficiency, the "popular" stuff should probably stream out over the bird of your choice (directv, etc) because it's hard to beat millions of dishes and dvr's and no cable plant.
Then what won't fit on the bird goes unicast IP from the nearest CDN. Kind of like the "on demand over broadband" on my satellite box. Their selection sucks, but the model is valid.
If someone hadn't mentioned already, there used to be a usenet provider that delivered a full feed via Satellite. Anything is feasible, just have to find people who actually want/need it and a provider that isn't blind to long term benefits. -- Brielle Bruns The Summit Open Source Development Group http://www.sosdg.org / http://www.ahbl.org