All Roads Lead to Broadband: IP Prepares for a Roadtrip.

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 2000

If it seems that half the high tech companies in the U.S. are devoted in some way to streaming media projects, that's not far from reality. An accelerating pace of strategic alliances, product and service development and standards development -- accompanied by a huge influx of development capital -- represents a huge bet that mainstream consumers over time will use the Internet and IP-based content as another means to listen to music, watch video programming and in some way augment their traditional TV viewing experiences.

But while improving-quality video streaming and high-quality audio streaming is already a reality for some cable modem and DSL subscribers, the marketplace is far from the critical mass that will propel it beyond the small population of...

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