Toc preso

2. CNS Overview

3. What we’ve done
• Review options for a shared member
solution
– Carriage rights
– Shared content transcoding

4. Competitive Threats
• Programmers Direct to Consumer
• YouTube – 2017
• Sony
• New ones announced almost every day

5. Solutions we’ve review
• NeoNova
• Minerva
• Skitter
• Big Pipe TV
• Innovative Systems
• Others from west coast
• Other international

6. Where we’re at
• Members in wait and see mode
• We’ve committed to streamlined transport
• We’ve researched using members’ infrastructure
for content injestion and colo for transcoders
• Holding pattern for launch due largely to
uncertainty of potential demand
• Equipment (transcoding/caching) costs are
substantial
• Members are somewhat concerned about
launching another product that might be
breakeven, and that requires substantial customer
education

7. OTT augmentation
• Kent Daniel solution
• Real-time additional content in app that
correlates to content streams

8. Opportunities
• Rural folks like linear
• Rural folks like locals

9. Challenges
• Competing offerings
• Survey says rural folks still like linear
• Limited streaming use
• Dish Network popular