[vokep]

Not really when theres a good chance its ending up going through radio technology still anyways (wifi).

And its a matter of complexity - its obvious why OTA would have less problems to solve in order to get the same performance and behavior of something more complex.

[laumars]

OTA doesn't have less problems to solve. You have all the same problems of digital encoders etc (since all the media is digital anyway) PLUS the problems of transmission towers, solar events (I kid you not), wildlife, etc. You have the safety and cost problems supporting those hazardous and highly expensive equipment in remote locations.

IP streaming does actually solve a lot of problems. Plus these days OTA transmissions are all digital anyway. So serving that digital content via the internet is a natural progression. Sure things are superficially more complex at the moment but the technology hasn't matured yet.