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Originally Posted by Escapee
I think the bottom line is the majority of operators now run in a cost driven environment as opposed to a technology driven environment.
Network operators are in the business of making shareholders money, customers wanting and expecting them to invest heavily in cash they may never recover is a very low priority.
I think we will see technology evolving to use the current network technology that's already in place for the foreseeable future, as opposed to companies spending vast amounts of money to implement the latest system just because customers want, want, want.
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yeah your probably right, but im reasonably sure that signing that mpeg-2 tvdrive/liberate contract will come back to bite em sooner rather than later.
the liberate gui middleware does'nt do them or the users any favours eather over the longer term, if they dont have the capable AVC STB at the users end, then new software services,far better interactive GUI, micro payment gaming and all the rest are all no go area's for the stb as it stands now.
they (is it an external or internal Virgin-Media liberate SW team btw?)might be able to coble together something that almost works, but will it be enough for paying customers or more to the point get new users from sky etc....