Thread: How Video On Demand Works (long and technical!)
View Single Post
Old 07-03-2005, 14:25   #43
Stuart
-
 
Stuart's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Somewhere
Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone
Posts: 26,546
Stuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver bling
Stuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver bling
Re: How Video On Demand Works (long and technical!)
Quote:
Originally Posted by wir3d
Quote:
Originally Posted by scastle
I would hope it's in a nice, secure, temperature controlled data centre with redundant power supply (doubtful knowing NTL).
A head end is a building, generally one per region, where people work, with racks full of equipment. I think some headend buildings double up as depots for installation engineers, etc.

Well, it was wishful thinking...
Stuart is offline   Reply With Quote