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Old 28-11-2016, 15:57   #1420
Kushan
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Re: Virgin Media V6 - Powered by TiVo(new STB)

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Originally Posted by Horizon View Post
Interesting.

Do you think that as the V6 requires VM to sort out their "pipes" this could be a precursor to a full blown IPTV service?

If broadband uses IP technology, if VM are about to start using IP for their phone services, why not just shift everything over to using the same tech like their main tv services? Much more efficient especially if they start using things like switched video too, especially in a 4k to 8k world.
Would make a lot of sense to go full IPTV in a UltraHD setting. Multicasting would basically remove most limits in terms of the amount of content that can be broadcast.
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