“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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