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Originally Posted by CubicleGeek
Actually, IPTV is more efficient than broadcast, since you are only streaming the channel you are watching. Broadcast technologies are sending the information to your location whether you want it or not - your tuner just picks out the channel(s) you are tuned to.
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IPTV is not more efficient anywhere other than the last mile of the buildout - once you have to aggregate hundreds or thousands of individual network streams for backhaul to the CO, you're going to end up needing more bandwidth than it takes to carry a couple hundred digital broadcast channels for simulcast to each household.