"Analysts generally praised the technology[IP broadcasting], which in its current incarnation is geared for PC users. But debate persists over how much demand there is, or ultimately will be, for broadcast streaming media."
Bernard- Does this have anything to do with MPEG-4? The "meta content" part sounds like something I read regarding MPEG-4.
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"The two Digital Fountain servers slated to debut next week are the Streaming Fountain, priced at $100,000, and Download Fountain, at $40,000. Slated to hit the market in May, the Streaming Fountain server can work in either a multicast or unicast environment. Used for unicast, the server can deliver up to 60,000 narrowband streams at 56 kbits/s, 10,000 VHS-quality streams at 300 kbits/s or 4,000 DVD-quality streams at 700 kbits/s. One Download Fountain server can serve up to 20,000 dial-up users or 5,000 broadband users when used for unicast.
Digital Fountain estimates that service providers would typically need more than 30 conventional streaming servers to deliver DVD-quality content (at 700 Mbits/s) to 4,000 users. Just one Streaming Fountain server would do the same job, the company claims."
ftth- Can you comment on the above PR as it relates to the cable TV network. ie, Does this solve some of the problems you point out about congestion in the cable network that current MPEG-2 VOD streams causes?
Thanks. -MikeM(From Florida) |
