Because local OTA channels are probably most of what people want live outside of sporting events. Sent from my iPad On Nov 17, 2017, at 6:49 PM, Baldur Norddahl <baldur.norddahl@gmail.com<mailto:baldur.norddahl@gmail.com>> wrote: Much live programming could be done without significant additional burden if the community could agree on multicast delivery standards. Does multicast have any future? Netflix, YouTube, et al does not use it. People want instant replay and a catalogue to select from. Except for sport events, live TV has no advantage so why even try to optimize for it? Luke Guillory Vice President – Technology and Innovation [cid:image4d387c.JPG@67228580.4c8bfb6f] <http://www.rtconline.com> Tel: 985.536.1212 Fax: 985.536.0300 Email: lguillory@reservetele.com Web: www.rtconline.com Reserve Telecommunications 100 RTC Dr Reserve, LA 70084 Disclaimer: The information transmitted, including attachments, is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material which should not disseminate, distribute or be copied. Please notify Luke Guillory immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Luke Guillory therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission.