croodSep 24, 2013, 2:01 PM
One Way?
Does this make sense when we seem to be heading towards video on demand being the norm. I get that broadcast still probably has decades to go, but it seems spending years on a one way broadcast platform seems like a waste of time.
It would mean then that AT&T could then use this to their advantage for TV services so they wouldn't have to lay the cable to your house just a LTE antenna inside the box of their TV receivers (so you move your box and not worry about cable). Also you...
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This isn't for casual entertainment. For that, there's absolutely on-demand over the regular network.
But for certain other things, broadcast will always make sense. Things such as breaking live news, live sports events, etc. If a hundred people ar...
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But my point is that even wired cable companies are pushing On-Demand, which requires a two way stream for ordering. This just seems like a too little too late service.