Multimedia offerings 2 - Entertainment (cont.)
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Entertainment choices are transported through the network to those who pay the rather expensive monthly subscription fee.
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The preferred method of delivery has become the staggering of a series of the 'top 100 videos of all time' throughout 15 minute intervals 24 hours a day.
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Video-on-demand has proved to be less economical in terms of bandwidth and infrastructure costs and less desirable by consumers due to the wide choice already provided by the public network.
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The public network medium has expanded to include satellite technology as well as telephone and cable service because of the one-way traffic requirement of the network. The cost of satellite technology has become competitive with wireline technology because of NASA's successful commercial satellite launching service. The required 6 inch, sleekly designed "satellite dish" comes as standard equipment with today's TVs.
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