scte PRESENTS television. Key topics included network capacity, sustainability, content discovery challenges, potential piracy issues and user experience. They highlighted concerns about digital exclusion, particularly for lower- income populations, and debated the complexities of content rights, user interfaces and consumer preferences. One audience member told how he’d discovered one pirate service that had managed to match up foreign TV coverage with local radio commentary. The latency was an issue, but it was still a service unavailable by legal means.
transition. There was an acceptance that the set-top box, or at least the streaming stick, might be with us for some time to come. “Let’s say multiple manufacturers make 3D sticks,” said Nock. “Some of them may even take an ethernet cable and then that’s the solution. We could definitely do that by 2034 if we really have the bandwidth on the Internet.” The conversation revealed that while the IP transition presents challenges, most experts believed the industry is well-positioned to manage the shift, with gradual technological improvements and a focus on user needs.
Ampere’s Hannah Walsh highlighted the issues around picking a new TV when the market was in flux. “It’s impossible to find what the best one out there is,” she said. “You go with the best one in terms of the picture quality because that’s what you might like, or the sound quality paired with picture. Then you find out it comes with voice only operated remote.” “There’s a saying that in the industry that almost nobody buys a television because of the operating system,” quipped consultant Ian Nock.
Participants also explored the need for diverse product options during the
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