“Storage Trumps bandwidth” Misses The Point

“Storage trumps bandwidth” is Murdoch Junior’s new catchphrase…that improved local storage rather than widespread broadband deployment will define the future of TV. (Maybe he and Mark Cuban should take a swing at it together…)

But according to this analyst, that misses the point. “Localised storage of the sort Sky is planning to deploy in the new Sky++ personal video recorder (PVR) is great for delivering a limited on-demand service – say, the top 20 movie releases – but the consumption pattern changes already afoot, demonstrated by the rise of peer-to-peer networks and to be reinforced by future developments such as the BBC’s Internet Media Player and Catch-up TV, will raise expectations about choice far beyond 160Gb of capacity.”

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