BSkyB Moving Toward Hybrid Internet Platformr

(via Digital Lifestyles) BSkyB, the satellite provider in UK, is planning to move to a hybrid platform of satellite and broadband delivery from its current satellite only, said Richard Freudenstein, COO of the company, at a speech at the ongoing Royal Television Society conference in Cambridge.

“New Ethernet connections will allow us to deliver services such as VOD over a broadband pipe as well as over satellite,” said Freudenstein. Analysts have noted that BSkyB rents rather than owns satellite capacity, so it could move toward Internet distribution over time.

Freudenstein did not set a date for the new VOD services, but the newest Sky+ boxes have extra memory…Sky has also planned to broadcast live to mobile phones, and to allow Sky+ users to program their set-top boxes from mobile phones.

Digital Lifestyles: Expected Sky and BT to strengthen their current cuddling relation, to a full on snog, as BT’s 21CN comes more into reality. this will provide additional bandwidth and an Ethernet port into every home in the UK, as they’re trailing in Cardiff, Wales.

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