Television is pretty simple. You turn on a screen, watch a show, and when done – turn off the screen. However, Ka-Tel will seek to bring television services to the 21st century. This will however be a slow and tedious process as there will be a need for network upgrades. There will be 3 types of channels. There are network channels, cable channels, and premium channels. They all have advantages, and disadvantages. The channel numbers will be the same throughout the nation. In example, if there was NBC in the nation, and it is assigned channel 11, then NBC will be channel 11 throughout the entire country. If SyFy is channel 150, then it is channel 150 throughout the country.
The first is network channels. These channels provide free television service in place of showing ads in between commercial breaks. When necessary, these stations will be carried over the airwaves, but once the network upgrades comes into place for the entire region, the airwaves will be revoked from the channel, and their channel will carry over the upgraded network. This will allow freed up airwaves for other resources. Network TV must provide at least 3 hours a week in children educational programming. This could be done on a weekend where the demand for TV might not be as high. In turn, they are able to use the airwaves (until network upgrades are made), and do not have to pay Ka-Tel for distributing their channel.
The second type of channel is cable channels. These are more specialized content that may or may not have commercials. Me, personally, I don’t see what the benefit of paying for television to watch commercials which will explain why I don’t have cable TV. However, such specialized stations are required to pay Ka-Tel for broadcasting the channel across the coaxial or fiber optic network. They of course have the potential to make profit by providing commercials.
The third type of channel is Premium cable. This will include channels such as HBO or Showtime. These will likely be paid by Ka-Tel to provide for these channels as an additional cost option to the customer. In other words, Ka-Tel will pay Showtime (for example) to provide customers with the show for an additional cost. There will be conditions. Shows and movies will not be allowed to have commercials interrupting the screening. Commercials are allowed to be placed in between the slots of the show or movie.
The Ka-Tel TV app will be available for almost all smart TVs. This app will replace the need for a cable box. One would install the app, enter their account number, and password. The app will authenticate with Ka-Tel, and if accepted – they will see the stations they have rights to. By pushing to eliminate the cable box, there will be less of a demand to house, and maintain cable boxes when the app will do everything the box can do, and possibly more.