Slingbox The Slingbox is a TV placeshifting device that allows users to watch their live TV or DVR content anywhere via an IP connection. It is able to connect to virtually any MVPD’s STB. Connections are only 1-1, meaning a single session per Slingbox. Please refer to for more information. Mediaroom In order for a third party to implement the Mediaroom features, they need to license the Mediaroom platform. The following provides a high level overview of the two key features: ICC: instant channel change is achieved by a combination of TCP and UDP IP traffic for a specific channel and detailed implementation of ICC is confidential. RUDP: Resilient UDP is another technology used by Microsoft to provide reliability. This is also a proprietary Microsoft technology. OTT Services Some OTT services have different applications on different platforms. Table 5 describes the operation of each application for the discovery and reception of content on a sample set of OTT services. This table is not intended to be comprehensive or a survey of all current OTT services. Content Business Discovery Reception Content source Ad support Type model(s) In-app and Streaming Rent, Sale, platform Long Form 3rd party (studio) Content Amazon and and search and TV and Film and 1st party promo only Download subscription browse In-app and platform Long Form 3rd party (studio) Netflix Streaming Subscription No search and TV and Film and 1st party browse In-app and 3rd party (studio), platform Long Form Hulu Streaming regional exclusive, Yes search and TV and Film (always) and and 1st party browse subscription Largely 3rd party Ad In-app and Originally sourced (user supported platform Short Form, YouTube Streaming submission) with and Yes search and now some 1st party (pending) browse unlimited content subscription In-app and Subscription platform Live with optional In-band with SlingTV Streaming Broadcaster/channel search and Programming add-ons, live content browse VOD, and C3
Slingbox The Slingbox is a TV placeshifting device that allows users to watch their live TV or DVR content anywhere via an IP connection. It is able to connect to virtually any MVPD’s STB. Connections are only 1-1, meaning a single session per Slingbox. Please refer to for more information. Mediaroom In order for a third party to implement the Mediaroom features, they need to license the Mediaroom platform. The following provides a high level overview of the two key features: ICC: instant channel change is achieved by a combination of TCP and UDP IP traffic for a specific channel and detailed implementation of ICC is confidential. RUDP: Resilient UDP is another technology used by Microsoft to provide reliability. This is also a proprietary Microsoft technology. OTT Services Some OTT services have different applications on different platforms. Table 5 describes the operation of each application for the discovery and reception of content on a sample set of OTT services. This table is not intended to be comprehensive or a survey of all current OTT services. Discovery Reception Content Type Content source Business model(s) Ad support Amazon In-app and platform search and browse Streaming and Download Long Form TV and Film 3rd party (studio) and 1st party Rent, Sale, and subscription Content promo only Netflix In-app and platform search and browse Streaming Long Form TV and Film 3rd party (studio) and 1st party Subscription No Hulu In-app and platform search and browse Streaming Long Form TV and Film 3rd party (studio), regional exclusive, and 1st party (always) and subscription Yes YouTube In-app and platform search and browse Streaming Originally Short Form, now unlimited Largely 3rd party sourced (user submission) with some 1st party content Ad supported and (pending) subscription Yes SlingTV In-app and platform search and browse Streaming Live Programming Broadcaster/channel Subscription with optional add-ons, VOD, and C3 In-band with live content
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