The search for a High-Definition Video on Demand solution

The four commandments of a High-Definition Video on Demand solution

Current file delivery methods used by Internet Video on Demand services have failed because of they have severely underestimated two factors:

• the cost of bandwidth, which is neither free, nor unlimited;
• the power of ISPs, who can make or break the customer experience.

Those are the most important points any viable High-Definition Internet Video on Demand service must address. As a consequence, the content delivery solution must be designed to achieve the following goals:

• it must be cost-effective to content providers;
• it must be profitable to prospective uploaders;
• it must be profitable to Internet Service Providers;
• it must guarantee trust during all transactions on the network.

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• Can Internet Video on Demand actually deliver?
• The search for a High-Definition Video on Demand solution
• An elegant way to fight widespread copyright infringement on the Internet
• Summary: Snowball® OpenDelivery™: a novel approach to content-delivery networks

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