Comments on: How P2P could save the set-top box by improving VOD http://gigaom.com/2012/01/11/how-p2p-and-big-data-could-save-the-set-top-box/ Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Yves http://gigaom.com/2012/01/11/how-p2p-and-big-data-could-save-the-set-top-box/#comment-795002 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:01:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=468242#comment-795002 check this out:
http://www.Giraffic.com
i encountered this solution on http://www.veoh.com – one of the largest Long-Tail Video sites in the US, and rumours have it that they are also working on one of the leading DTH STB platforms.

]]> By: Yves http://gigaom.com/2012/01/11/how-p2p-and-big-data-could-save-the-set-top-box/#comment-795001 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:59:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=468242#comment-795001 well, would like to point out “Giraffic Video Accelerator” – this is THE solution for Long-Tail P2P Streaming! i encountered it on large long-tail video websites such as http://www.veoh.com and rumour has it that they are already working on some of the leading STBs with some DTH operators.

]]> By: Mark McAndrew http://gigaom.com/2012/01/11/how-p2p-and-big-data-could-save-the-set-top-box/#comment-794860 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:19:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=468242#comment-794860 “…a 100,000-movie library would cost about $1.4 billion a year to operate, as opposed to about $10,000 for a 10,000-movie library….”

Then make ten of those, then.

]]> By: Wogan http://gigaom.com/2012/01/11/how-p2p-and-big-data-could-save-the-set-top-box/#comment-794681 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:28:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=468242#comment-794681 This seems like a likely future, really, and is a good way to leverage all the excess capacity in their subscriber networks. And like anything that requires lots of bandwidth, consumer demand will inevitably drive up the supply of that bandwidth.

]]> By: Wogan http://gigaom.com/2012/01/11/how-p2p-and-big-data-could-save-the-set-top-box/#comment-794680 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:26:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=468242#comment-794680 Yeah, because BitTorrent has proven to be such an ineffective mechanism for the rapid and widespread distribution of high-definition content.

]]> By: James Urquhart http://gigaom.com/2012/01/11/how-p2p-and-big-data-could-save-the-set-top-box/#comment-794670 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:07:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=468242#comment-794670 Isn’t streaming by this scenario inherently limited by the *upload* speeds of the various customers’ Internet connections? Seems broken before it begins.

]]> By: Drewry News Network http://gigaom.com/2012/01/11/how-p2p-and-big-data-could-save-the-set-top-box/#comment-794654 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:18:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=468242#comment-794654 http://www.DrewryNewsNetwork.com

Curious to know how much $ gUaP $ affiliates can earn from this.

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