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Re: [HD] FIOS Moving to MPEG-4 HD

reply to cypherstream
I think rogers cable and other ontario uses SDV and they have the super sports with up to 23 HD channels for stuff like NHL CI, NFL ST and others.

Shaw cable uses MPEG 4 for NHL CI HD (up to 15 HD feeds) and NFL ST HD (up to 15 Feeds) and other channels??

Now at the very lest can comcast do a limited SDV where they trun off VOD slots for part time stuff like RSN overflows, red zone, goal line / espn buzzer beater, game 1-9 HD, team 1-9 HD, and others.

Also maybe down the road iN DEMAND can have the very part time HD PPV 2 come back also maybe add TEAM 10 HD and GAME 10-14 HD.

ESPN Game Plan HD Full Court HD soon?

att-uverse has 10 HD channels for NBA LP. Directv has DUAL HD feeds for most NBA, NHL, and MLB games.

Now in the past comcast talked about wanting NFL ST (I think the last time was 2-3 years ago when they talked about swapping NFL ST for CSN Philly) on directv

and now maybe in 2015 directv may not be the only place to get NFL ST in the USA.

reply to Mike Wolf
Now lets say comcast or others wants to make a move into the bar scene that directv has lock on due to NFL ST and to a lesser part most NBA, NHL and MLB games in HD.

can a sdv system drive a bar useing say 8-15+ part time lower use channels? will others on the same node find them self's unable to use VOD for prime sports time?

On directv the NHL, NBA, MLB and MLS feeds are mostly RSN remaps that are up 24/7 + the few part time Rsn over flows and sub feeds.

But to fit in NFL ST + other part time RSN needs they need to shut down most of the PPV movie HD channels. But then again they have like 34 HD ppv channels that is used to fill part time needs and when they are not needed for part time stuff they run PPV movies on them.

reply to JeepMatt
More than likely the usual will happen. They will wait out everyone else on their roll out then take the most obscure way possible to deploy what ever they got coming next.

You have to keep in mind that it's not really about doing what they can to fit customers wants/needs. It's about giving as little as possible but just enough to keep customers mouths shut while charging the most they can possibly get away with.
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reply to Joe12345678
Joe, the problem is , who exactly determines what channels are "part time lower use channels" What I watch on television all the time is different then what someone else may watch on television all the time.

Whatever has terrible ratings. There's data out there on what people don't watch.

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reply to Mike Wolf
Talking about part time sports feeds that are not 24/7 channels. Better to switch them then to fill them with looping help videos or a logo screen when off air.

reply to Mike Wolf
Or they could use actual data from the boxes of what people are watching...

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reply to motorola870
but can they say trun off 13-15 VOD slots to fit in NFL ST that is only needed 1 day of the week for part of the year? or they can cheap out and trun off the team HD and game HD channels to fit it in. (lets just say we see little change in cable systems over the next few years) and maybe NFL ST is open to all but not in the hands of in demand.

reply to Joe12345678
Couldn't they give it fixed channel numbers and then turn the channels on and off as they have programming on them, without using SDV? So that if you're tuning on a day that they don't have anything on, you just get an error?

I talking about bandwidth fixed channel numbers is not the issues. Can they say trun off VOD slots to fit it in or do need to have 13-15 HD slots + 13-15 SD slots (may be able to go HD only) be tied up with a NFL ST LOGO screen most of the time?

Look at info channel HD most of the time it's just a looping help video when it's not needed for CSN + HD. Now it's other question as to why it's be used for CLTV HD mirroring CLTV SD / CSN + SD that dates back the old analog days when it was CLTV and sports channel + / FSN + sheering a channel.

I would think by the time that analog was turned off that CLTV and CSN + would no longer need to be on the same channel and that was some time befor there was a CLTV HD.

CSN + HD and MOJO HD used to share the slot (comcast only) other systems had CSN + HD on it's own as CSN + SD on it's own (they did not have CLTV)

That does not bold to well if they can't get that right that they will be able to pull off NFL ST. Hell they don't even have goal line HD or big ten alts in HD (other cable systems do) but they do have red zone HD what are they doing with it's bandwidth then it's not needed. Now it's one thing to have 1 HD / 1 SD very part time channel but 13-15?? maybe more if in HD and SD.

reply to The Q
Not always, if the show decides to "go out on top" when the ratings are good but the cast or producers want to end the show. Anyway this is all irrelevant to the topic.

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reply to Joe12345678
If NFL ST does come to CC, then they could just make it MPEG4. Its a new package that "in order to get NFL Sunday Ticket, please upgrade to a new cable box". Only those that can afford to subscribe to that package would maybe need to swap out a box (likely they already have a box).

Most NFL ST customers would be new people signing up anyway. NFL ST would bring in a lot of new subscribers and they would just be given an MPEG4 set top from day one.

So you would only need 3 QAM's. 5 HD, 5 HD, 5 HD. Make it HD only because HD boxes can send a down converted SD signal for those who need it. NFL sports nuts who pay the $300 a season or whatever likely have a big HDTV anyway. If they can afford that cost for NFL and are that die hard into it, you bet they have at least an HDTV and maybe even surround sound.

What I'm saying is any particular new or niche package should be migrated to MPEG4. Its the easiest way to start a transition.

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