Actually it will make running IPTV more costly.
Previously, you could have a Linux box decode streams on the TP (via C/S) and stream the unencrypted TS's directly to some server, meaning ~20 TP's of useful channels needed 20 boxes.
Now you have to have one box dedicated per channel, as your capturing the HDMI output and transmitting it, so you now need 1 box per channel, so 200+. That's goanna push the costs up unless the operators do some restructuring and co-operating.
Previously, you could have a Linux box decode streams on the TP (via C/S) and stream the unencrypted TS's directly to some server, meaning ~20 TP's of useful channels needed 20 boxes.
Now you have to have one box dedicated per channel, as your capturing the HDMI output and transmitting it, so you now need 1 box per channel, so 200+. That's goanna push the costs up unless the operators do some restructuring and co-operating.