IPTVision > TV via net: A better bet than multicasts?
[Digital TV Facts: The Latest | The switch to digital television] Some station owners, more jazzed about delivering programming via the internet, have put multicasting on the back burner: ”¦the Big Four networks and stations for the most part are holding their best content for Web distribution, with some executives saying they believe they can reach more viewers nationwide on the Internet than they can through the TV, since most cable operators only carry a station’s primary signal. “If people are going to put time and energy into creating a channel, at the moment, why not create it for the Internet instead of waiting for multicast?” said a senior executive at a Big Four network who asked not to be identified.
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