Another boost for broadband-delivered channels in the UK. Freesat has been cleared to allow pay sports channels on its platform via broadband. This could work out well for sports subscribers looking to downgrade from Sky.
http://cdn.freesat.co.uk/freesat/fre...016%5B2%5D.pdf
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Will it though the article states they have no agreements in place. The studios seem set to do this via Hulu do they need Youtube ?
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I hear what you say but the article says "The project, for which YouTube has already overhauled its technical architecture, is one of the online video giant’s biggest priorities and is
slated to debut as soon as 2017, one of the people said." "YouTube has been working on an online cable package since at least 2012, one of the people said, but these plans have taken on new urgency in the past few months."
I guess the benefits of YouTube suggested in the article are:
1) Potential large market "While Apple, Amazon and Google have frustrated media companies over the years with on-and-off content negotiations, they are more popular among young consumers than any cable company. These technology giants also have a large reservoir of customers buying their devices, and each sells a set-top box to stream video from apps like Netflix Inc. and Hulu."
2) "large media companies expect new providers to pay more per channel than existing partners Comcast and AT&T Inc." So if the TV companies could sell more profitably via YouTube than Hulu then they could be tempted to do so.