phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:14:34 -0500 Jer <gdunn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> | phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> |> 3. Movies on demand. This is similar to online delivery, but is
done via
> |> the television programming provider (cable for now, but I am sure
DBS
> |> will catch up soon).
> |
> | Are you talking about PPV, or a server full of movies somewhere that
you
> | can queue up a selection from without PPV-like fees?
>
> I've heard of different kinds of this. Not just PPV, but also a general
play
> request kind of thing for a certain stock of movies they were allowed to
play
> any time a customer with a high enough tier requested it, at no per play
cost.
> You could randomly tune the few channels this was on and see other
movies other
> people had requested. By contrast, PPV were often scheduled, and you
had to
> make a pay selection to get to see it. The combination would be pay to
have
> a movie played and only you get to see it. In some cases you are
renting a
> channel for the time of the movie. In other cases a high capacity data
link
> sends the movie to your STB's hard drive taking maybe 10 minutes to do
that,
> and you can even start watching it as soon as the transfer begins.
Renting a broadcast channel for my exclusive use, albeit for a short
time, seems unimaginably expensive. Currently, we all time ****ft
programs for follow-up viewing, but what if the program is no longer
included in current broadcast program listing? Answer: program your
DVR to record a past program from an archive server which will be
downloaded via some prescribed channel sometime overnight. The list of
archived programs could be made available via either a reserved live
channel or via some interactive interface with the DBS service through
the phone line and/or internet. Interesting.
>
> I have none of those services myself.
>
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jer
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