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Originally Posted by themelon
Not strictly true...........
On Demand Group who do Front row have invested some money along with Seachange International to help with the necessary Upgrades for VOD, this will be in return for a percentage of the profits made, but essentially its ntls network doing the work.
On Demand also helped set up Kingston and Homechoice VOD, but this is a much larger Scale they have 20000 customers between them............if that?!?
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OK. So On Demand have paid for upgrades for VOD. This is different to LLU how exactly? You say NTL's network is doing the work. Up to a point, so is BT's when providing ADSL (even LLU ADSL).
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ntl are currently trialing BroadbandTV which can offer server based iTV applications far more compelling that Sky could ever offer, with integration of streaming video, sound, flash, shockwave possible without the limitatiosn of the current STB Coming into play.
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I have read about these trials. I can't find a lot of technical information, which is a shame because it looks quite interesting. However, the facilities you mention CAN be quite processor intensive unless you have dedicated hardware to use them. Having said that, if the compression system used for streaming is MPEG 2, then the boxes do have hardware that can be used to decompress that.
Anyway, you totally missed the point of my bit about Interactive. My point was that NTL's current interactive, from a developer's point of view, offers everything Sky's does, but the broadcasters have not implemented it. So, if there is any problem with lack of facilities on NTL interactive, that's entirely the fault of the broadcaster.
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IMO VOD is better than a PVR because you dont have to shell out for extra hardware or pay extra subs (which ntl may chose) for certain features unless you use them.
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I would have to disagree there. VOD is better assuming you like popular programs. If you want to watch something that is less popular (maybe something on the local channel, or one of the more specialist channel), it's entirely possible that VOD will not offer what you want. In this case, PVR is superior.