We’re Watching the Future of Video Delivery Systems Today

The guys with the pipes win amp8230 whether they are fiber or airborne spectrumamp160 To get to the really good content today you first need to subscribe to an internet service provideramp160 That means Comcast or one of its fellow cable providers or a satellite provider that would be DirecTV or Dish but no internet unless you pick an internet specific provider or a 4 or 5G wireless provideramp160 With todayamp8217s 4G you can watch some things if all is right in your worldamp160 Of course you need WiFi of good or great quality in your home or business amp160And pretty soon you39ll need amp8230Suffice it to say that the whole video game got very complicated while no one was really watching amp160That basic cable bundle was actually something of a bargainamp160 It looked great as among other things satellite subscribers were abandoning those dishes attached to housesamp160 Dish decided to ride the internet with Sling amp8230 but Sling keeps getting more expensive amp8230 just like copycat DirecTV NowWant to watch Game of Thronesamp160 Youamp8217ll need a cable provider or another ISP internet service provider and HBO or HBO Go via a separate subscriptionamp160 amp8220Theyamp8221 get you any way amp8220theyamp8221 canHope you arenamp8217t surprisedLove Marvel and Star Wars moviesamp160 Pretty soon youamp8217ll need to pay Disney directly every month via Disneyamp160 Only 699monthamp160 Add that to Netflix going up Hulu cableamp160Acornamp160Philo and amp8230 well pretty much everybodyAnd oh yeah implicit in all of that is you wonamp8217t be getting some things unless and only unless you subscribe to whichever distribution service which rides on the internet youamp8217re paying for carries that unique programming you want to watchAll of which has led to interesting activity on the programming frontamp160 Dishamp8217s Sling has a neat gadget called amp8220Airamp8221 that picks up broadcast signals and meshes them sort of with the channels on Slingamp160 Which brings up amp8220overtheairamp8221 amp8230 you know free local TVamp160 Unless you get it by cable amp8230 that cable bill is exploding because of something called amp8220retransmission consentamp8221amp160 Cable operators must pay TV stations in order to carry retransmit the free signalamp160 You pay your local stations if you receive free TV via cableSo you got all of those choices you wantedamp160 Have fun figuring out whom to pay for whatamp160 Cableamp8217s video margins are almost nilamp160 By the time you figure out just how much youamp8217re paying for a half dozen different video streaming or video on demand services amp8230 well compare that to your last cable billOf course none of the above takes away from the regulatory battlesamp160 And I simply couldnamp8217t have a column without mention the thing that simply wonamp8217t go away Network Neutralityamp160 Itamp8217s in Congress at the momentamp160 The House says amp8220letamp8217s go back to 2014amp8221 while the Senate says amp8220letamp8217s stick with 2000amp8221There it standsamp160 There it will stay amp8230 at least until 2020Click the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writersamp160

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