June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
10h 11m
English
In this chapter, we discuss the traditional and emerging platforms, including multichannel video platform distribution (MVPD), covering those providers who utilize set-top boxes as their primary link to the consumer, delivering basic, premium, pay-per-view, and on-demand services. This includes cable and direct broadcast satellite, as well as wireline (telco) video providers. This discussion includes Internet-protocol television, which delivers live and time-shifted television and video-on-demand and so-called “over the top” content, delivered via the Internet through third-party services such as Netflix and Hulu and received on devices such as smartphones, personal ...
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