Oct 28
I was browsing on DirecTV the other day and saw a banner to test out their “VOD” solution. I wasn’t even aware of such, but after some tinkering and playing I was able to determine what is going on.
- They DO have a VOD solution. You can Google for it and find all sorts of information, but never a release note or email or letter or anything! It just showed up. So I downloaded some content and realized, they use broadband for the VOD part – NOT satellite. Interesting and shrewd, stick it to the cable companies and suck up all their bandwidth to deliver the feature they don’t have. However, I’m sure comcast will be sniffing for this and cutting that traffic down to a trickle before too long – something comcast has been getting a black eye for lots lately.
- Also, DirecTV partnered with Slingmedia (this deal was pre Sling being bought by Echostar and may come to an end) – but you can watch ANY NFL game using, basically, their giant slingbox. i got a screen grab, it’s quite cool!
