So, you have no actual factual information concerning the economics of the PEG market, now or future.
And it sounds like your assessment of the interoperability of a multi-format streaming server with YouTube is based on the actions of one customer who decided to cheap out. Do I have that correct?
Is it your assertion that a 4-channel multi-stream server, like the Hypercast B100, or a 20-channel serve like the Hypercaster B1000 with their interoperability with QAM modulators are replaced by YouTube? What formats does YouTube provide, and is it SDEF, HDEF, or something else?
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