SMPTE Seminar OTT video is the reason big companies are fighting net neutrality

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Published on Jan 19, 2013 OTT refers to the delivery of video content over theinternet to viewers who can access it on a wide range ofdevices including computers, tablets, smart-phones,streaming boxes and internet-enabled TVs and Blu-Rayplayers. Major OTT content providers include YouTube,Netflix, Hulu, VUDU, and Amazon. What is the role for ISPs like Comcast and Verizon, whocannot control what OTT content producers send through theinternet to viewers. Can their on-demand offerings competeor are they reduced to simply being "pipes to the internet"? This dynamic - a theme in this discussion aimed atbroadcasting engineers - is responsible for the efforts ofbroadcasters to limit the public's viewing choices to thefare they produce and offer. Nick Gold, Director of Business Development for ChesapeakeSystems, believes traditional broadcasters need to have apresence in Over-the-Top content delivery if they are togrow.

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