Comments on: Verizon Wants to Speed Up Your BitTorrent Videos http://gigaom.com/2008/03/14/verizon-wants-to-speed-up-your-bittorrent-videos/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:19:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: David H. Deans http://gigaom.com/2008/03/14/verizon-wants-to-speed-up-your-bittorrent-videos/#comment-866021 David H. Deans Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:32:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/03/14/verizon-wants-to-speed-up-your-bittorrent-videos/#comment-866021 <p>A very interesting new development, for sure.</p> <p>With the existing momentum for over-the-top streamed video delivery (Hulu launch gave a boost), and now the potential for P4P accelerated video downloads, it makes me wonder how much more "fragmented" the consumer entertainment landscape will become over time.</p> <p>The legacy high-budget program production model, and high-cost media distribution model, from the mass-media era don't seem prepared for the ROI challenges of the emerging micro-media marketplace. While I have no doubt that the two models will adapt and co-exist, the fallout is unclear -- particularly for the new telco IPTV entrants.</p> <p>Is there still a window of opportunity to build -- and invest in -- a delivery platform that's essentially modeled after the legacy mass-media linear programming environment of yesteryear?</p> A very interesting new development, for sure.

With the existing momentum for over-the-top streamed video delivery (Hulu launch gave a boost), and now the potential for P4P accelerated video downloads, it makes me wonder how much more “fragmented” the consumer entertainment landscape will become over time.

The legacy high-budget program production model, and high-cost media distribution model, from the mass-media era don’t seem prepared for the ROI challenges of the emerging micro-media marketplace. While I have no doubt that the two models will adapt and co-exist, the fallout is unclear — particularly for the new telco IPTV entrants.

Is there still a window of opportunity to build — and invest in — a delivery platform that’s essentially modeled after the legacy mass-media linear programming environment of yesteryear?

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