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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/21/13 9:01 PM, Nick Rout wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 4:54 AM, Gary Buhrmaster
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com"><gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Greg <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gregl@nycap.rr.com"><gregl@nycap.rr.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I read this article last Sept. and the recent thread on Cableco's and Qam
reminded me of it....
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57602532-93/time-warner-cable-will-let-you-junk-your-set-top-box-next-year/">http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57602532-93/time-warner-cable-will-let-you-junk-your-set-top-box-next-year/</a>
I can't believe they will do it,but maybe....
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TWC is not alone (behind some, ahead of others)
in providing apps to provide content that you are
subscribing to on devices you want to view it on.
Netflix is arguably the existing leader in the space,
although the available content is, of course, different.
All that content, of course, comes with various
forms of DRM. For the home gateway (which
many MSOs are promoting; any of your content,
on any of your screens), using DOCSIS 3.1 to
stream up to 10Gb/s to your home for that content,
and using DLNA (DTCP-IP) to deliver it to any
screen/device, and while you are away, apps
on your device which use your credentials to
let you view the content using your devices
protected content path.
Be wary of what you hope to see, for it will
come encumbered with DRM.
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Not to mention the reporting back to mothership
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://doctorbeet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/lg-smart-tvs-logging-usb-filenames-and.html">http://doctorbeet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/lg-smart-tvs-logging-usb-filenames-and.html</a>
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In other words, DNS black hole <span style="font-family: Courier
New, Courier, monospace;">lgappstv.com, </span><span
style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">yumenetworks.com,
</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">smartclip.net,
</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">smartclip.com
and call it a day.<br>
Or block them in the router.<br>
I'd DNS black hole them, since I run my own DNS server.<br>
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