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Is Satellite TV Soon To Become Obsolete?

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Is Satellite TV Soon To Become Obsolete?
By Anna Tobin/ Forbes/ forbes.com

"Is satellite TV soon to become obsolete? Cable and fiber optics have been slowly and steadily eating into satellite's share of the global TV market. Fiber's chief selling point is its ability to offer two-way communication, vital in the increasingly interactive, multiscreen international digital TV marketplace. Two-way satellite TV dishes that can send as well as receive signals are available, but this is a more expensive option to teaming a receive-only dish with a broadband connection.

The success of over the top (OTT) web-based streaming services such as Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Hulu has further spurred the move away from direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV. In a bid to compete against streaming services, satellite broadcaster Sky has recently announced that it is in the process of making all of its channels available via fiber-optic through Sky Q. This means that Sky customers will soon be able to ditch their unsightly satellite dishes from their property facades. The plan is to roll out this broadband-based Sky service in Austria and Italy this year, followed by Britain in 2019.

Satellite TV reception is not dead yet, however. Unlike satellite TV, fiber cannot reach every corner of the globe. It is not physically or economically possible to connect up every property on earth with fiber. While cellular technology can be used in conjunction with fiber to fill gaps in a fiber network, cellular is just as reliant on fiber to fill gaps in its transmission network. Two-way satellite TV will likely be the only viable option for those who live in remote areas for the foreseeable future....."

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At some point in time Satellite TV will probably end up like Satellite Internet, that is for those like my Son who live in the country where there is no cable. For the record both work great for him...

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But, but, but, what about my WalkMan?
 

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You can stream one HD video just fine on a 3Mbps DSL line. In Europe, they market all-you-can-stream data cell plans for about $60 a month. As delivery of content gets easier (it's still a PITA) and faster Internet gets more universal, won't the subscribership for cable fall until its cost becomes unaffordable? Satellites aren't cheap!

Kinda like newspapers. Alternative news delivery reduced subscribership, which caused price increases, which ... etc. I only get the Sunday one now as the coupons pay for the paper.
 
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