What does Google Fiber mean for the future of TV?
February 23, 2012
Google’s video franchise license application in Kansas City follows an application that Google submitted to the Federal Communications Commission a few weeks ago to build a receive-only satellite farm in Council Bluffs, Iowa, which is about 200 miles away from the Kansas City markets and close to one of its major data centers. Together, the applications point to a serious effort on the part of Google to introduce TV services on top of its fiber broadband plans.
There are some major questions left unanswered, as Google works to pull a video service together:
- Will Google be able to get content owners on board?
- Will Google TV extend beyond the Kansas City markets?
- What will Google’s TV service cost?
- Will YouTube be integrated?
What does Google Fiber mean for the future of TV?