I welcomed 2016 with a column about events that may come to pass — or at least substantially grow in significance — this year. That included a forecast that streaming content will become the norm, not the exception. I don’t mean Netflix or Amazon Prime, but the streaming of traditionally broadcast content, such as first-run shows from CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, and the like, along with live sporting events.
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and other streaming services showcase either original content or a catalog of existing movies and TV shows — they don’t deal with live content or what we would consider broadcast television, such as the next episode of “Elementary” or cable content such as the return of “The Walking Dead.” That type of content is still delivered in the traditional broadcast method, which today means multicast over a cable network infrastructure.
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