Plenty of cable companies still get most of their channels via satellite.
I'm told that is how Cox does it now too.Five or six years ago my manger friend at Time Warner Cable, now Charter told me for NY State (not sure if this includes NYC or not) all TV channels come out of the main NOC in Syracuse, NY and are distributed to individual headends around the state via fiber. Not sure how they are delivered to the NOC though.
I would expect a Netflix only type of service from Directv in the future, no hardware just stream right to your TV and an app built into the TV.
Att owns a huge fiber network...what ever is cheaper will be the futureDirectv still takes in a boatload of programming off satellites.
Att owns a huge fiber network...what ever is cheaper will be the future
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So all the network affiliates in all the different time zones in the country are getting the signal that way? What about the hundreds of other channels like HBO that are not OTA services?No. It's mostly over ISP pops that all of the major program providers have. It's a direct fiber connection, for instance, there is a pop in LA for Disney and ABC, one in The Woodlands, TX for Fox, ect. ATT gets its programming from a fiber connection between these network distribution points and offloads it onto their network. The stuff you see on Cband is primarily used as a backup.
No. It's mostly over ISP pops that all of the major program providers have. It's a direct fiber connection, for instance, there is a pop in LA for Disney and ABC, one in The Woodlands, TX for Fox, ect. ATT gets its programming from a fiber connection between these network distribution points and offloads it onto their network. The stuff you see on Cband is primarily used as a backup.
Just like the old days before satellite...broadband landline connections..but now it fiber and ip basedSo all the network affiliates in all the different time zones in the country are getting the signal that way? What about the hundreds of other channels like HBO that are not OTA services?
Got it, thanks.Just like the old days before satellite...broadband landline connections..but now it fiber and ip based
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The streaming craze will stop when the cable providers (Comcast and Spectrum) stop becoming drug mules by feeding people with cheap fast internet with high or unlimited data caps.
I sell for all of them, and every month they tell us we need more video sales, and what can we do to get more video sales.
The problem is Comcast for example has 25 meg service starting at $30 in most areas. People ask how much more to add Tv and we are a little over $100 by the time we add taxes and fees.
So then the customer is like sell me “just internet”
When the price of streaming content becomes the same as traditional video, and the internet providers get together and charge more money, only then will streaming be on the same level as traditional video.
When the time comes the only ones doing streaming are going to be the internet providers themselves as they will be initiating content on their own network without going through the actual internet.
Wait and see. Data caps are coming down.
You’ll still see $30 internet, but with a much lower data cap.
You want the higher caps needed for streaming, you’ll need a bigger package and any money you think your saving streaming will go right back to the ISP.
The only reason why AT&T is rolling out Fiber is because DSL doesn’t service all homes and they can’t keep up with the gig speeds offered by the cable companies.
Comcast was 6 megs in my area when I got 18 meg U-verse internet.
When Comcast offered 150 meg, U-verse offered 45 and U-verse got dumped.
U-verse wired 1 gig fiber and I’m back with AT&T until Comcast wires fiber to my house.
One thing I just thought of.
When I first started in this business 22 years ago the key service was Tv and people then wanted a home phone.
You do a new satellite install and the big deal was hooking receivers to phone lines which EVERY customer had at the time.
People had cell phones, but they where primarily kept in the car and used in emergencies as most of the plans where per minute.
As cell phones became more popular, the first thing that went away was the home phone.
Not everyone wanted internet at this point, but with traditional pots lines costing upwards of $70/mo the cost savings getting rid of the home telephone went to pay for higher cell phone bills and the ever increasing Tv service cost.
As more and more people got internet, the typical household subscribed to atleast 1 streaming service such as Netflix.
But the reason why video is becoming unpopular is because in most households the cell phone bill comes first, followed by internet service, then Tv, and then a home phone.
Even though cell phone rates are generally going down, the cost of the phones go up and if you have the latest iPhone, your paying $50 per month just in the finance charges.
The cell phone bill is what’s replacing the traditional Tv bill
The internet has become a necessity, right up there with a cell phone. Everything else is expendable now.There is also economics. And that also goes to politics. It is life here in the United States.
We have problems with incomes. Half the people, who are employed, are earning around $30,000 or less per year.
Things are out of whack. For television, for a lot of people, to be over $100 per month—and for their incomes to not go up sufficiently—they are finding themselves not willing to continue putting up with the high costs for cable television.
So, there is a prioritization. And it is very personal. It cannot be otherwise. So, you mentioned those priorities. Among them is that the Internet is more important than television (that is cable television) for people.
So all the network affiliates in all the different time zones in the country are getting the signal that way? What about the hundreds of other channels like HBO that are not OTA services?
I saw some pictures from inside one of Directv's broadcast centers like five years ago and they had a monitor for every single channel. Are they doing something different now, maybe have 4x4 for 16 channels per LCD monitor or have they replaced that 'human eyes' monitoring entirely with technology?
I have several friends that don't have internet, get their TV ota, and don't even have a cell phone. They are all in their 60s.The internet has become a necessity, right up there with a cell phone. Everything else is expendable now.
I think that's the reason, older people are not likely to have either. But if you are under 50 you most likely don't have a landline anymore. Rely on Netflix and a smartphone.I have several friends that don't have internet, get their TV ota, and don't even have a cell phone. They are all in their 60s.
I think that's the reason, older people are not likely to have either. But if you are under 50 you most likely don't have a landline anymore. Rely on Netflix and a smartphone.
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