VOD vendors tweak tech in bid to trim back costs. (Spotlight Bandwidth Management).(video on demand)(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, March, 2002 by Brown, Karen
This looks to be the year that video-on-demand over cable will rise, but it also may be the year that the cost of delivering the service will fall. Cheaper, more efficient VOD gear -- ranging from higher-density servers to Ethernet transport products -- has already started to make its way onto the market.
That's good news for cable operators, as the benchmark cost for starting up VOD now stands at roughly $700 per stream. "It's only going down," said Bob Chism, chief technology officer at VOD systems provider Concurrent Computer Corp. "In fact, I've seen some models by some cable operators that in future years out -- when you really get to a network-based [digital video recording] capability -- that they are projecting sub-$100 price per stream, as...
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