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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Gian,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>from my perspecitve (central europe) it looks like
the linear programming is used only in TV/radio channels. But this is only a
part of the media industry. Cinema, DVD and other forms of content
distribution aren't linear. I don't like to waste Internet capacity with
URLs to large VoD community servers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't have enough speaking power to write any
strict statements, but I think the world of media industry will use every
existing channel of revenue. The question isn't if, but when. Some people prefer
having their "eleven button remote", but some want to consume content they
had chosen at time they had chosen. May be I'm wrong but I don't know anybody
from teen generation who likes to be TV channel driven (may be I'm in a bad
country :-)).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
Michal</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=constantinegi@corp.earthlink.net
href="mailto:constantinegi@corp.earthlink.net">Gian Constantine</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=frnkblk@iname.com
href="mailto:frnkblk@iname.com">frnkblk@iname.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=nanog@merit.edu
href="mailto:nanog@merit.edu">nanog@merit.edu</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 12, 2007 4:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Network end users to pull
down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously?</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>I am pretty sure we are not
becoming a VoD world. Linear programming is much better for advertisers. I do
not think content providers, nor consumers, would prefer a VoD only service. A
handful of consumers would love it, but many would not.
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<DIV>Gian Anthony Constantine</DIV>
<DIV>Senior Network Design Engineer</DIV>
<DIV>Earthlink, Inc.</DIV><BR
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<DIV>On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:05 AM, Frank Bulk wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">If we're becoming a VOD world, does multicast play
any practical role in</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">video distribution?</DIV>
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size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Frank</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">-----Original Message-----</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [<A
href="mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu">mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu</A>] On
Behalf Of</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Michal Krsek</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:28 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">To: Marshall Eubanks</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Cc: <A
href="mailto:nanog@merit.edu">nanog@merit.edu</A></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Subject: Re: Network end users to pull down 2
gigabytes a day, continuously?</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Hi Marshall,</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">- the largest channel has 1.8% of the
audience</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">- 50% of the audience is in the largest 2700
channels</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">- the least watched channel has ~ 10 simultaneous
viewers</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">- the multicast bandwidth usage would be 3% of
the unicast.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I'm a bit skeptic for future of channels. For
making money from the long<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">tail, you have to have to adapt your distribution
to user's needs. It is not</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">only format, codec ... but also time frame. You can
organise your programs<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">in channels, but they will not run simultaneously
for all the users. I want<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">to control my TV, I don't want to my TV jockey my
life.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">For the distribution, you as content owner have to
help the ISP find the<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">right way to distribute your content. In example:
having distribution center</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">in Tier1 ISP network will make money from Tier2 ISP
connected directly to<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Tier1. Probably, having CDN (your own or pay for
service) will be the only<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">one way for large scale non synchronous
programing.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>Regards</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>Michal</DIV>
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