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Network engineering on cusp of change as TV prime time = online prime time, says report


IMAGINE TUNING INTO the World Series on Rogers Sportsnet and a little bar popped up on the bottom of your TV screen that said “buffering…” or that you saw some stalled pixelated nonsense on your big HDTV set, instead of the first pitch. Most of us, used to decades of easy viewing, of turning on the TV and the video is stable, reliable and clear, would lose it. Our expectations, when we want to be entertained with a TV show, are high. We can’t stand technical interruptions and those high expectations are carried with us as we try to watch...