I went back and checked my post from 15 years ago - Feb 8, 2010
"I noticed MTS Ultimate TV just added the Multiview feature for the Olympics (Picture-In-Picture)."

I guess Rogers is finally catching up to the Mediaroom platform.

 

Rogers is typically years behind in rolling out new technology to most parts of Canada. The main exception appears to be the GTA. The only reason Rogers is anywhere close to current in TV technology is the agreement with Comcast to use the Xfinity platform.

 

If I understand everything correctly Rogers will show 2 NHL playoff games at same time over the next couple weeks. Not being a fan I could care less. Where I'm confused is, will I be able to decide what sports games I might want on multi-view, in the future, or will Rogers tell me what they are going to show?

Being a soccer, baseball and basketball fan I like the idea to watch 4 games at same time. Did I miss any part of me being able to decide or is the feature still in developing stages? Will this feature only apply to sports? If I wanted to watch 2 live news reports could I do that? As I'm typing how is the audio feed going to work? Since I mute all live sports audio, it won't matter to me.

Moved to existing thread by 57.

 

If I understand everything correctly Rogers will show 2 NHL playoff games at same time over the next couple weeks. Not being a fan I could care less. Where I'm confused is, will I be able to decide what sports games I might want on multi-view, in the future, or will Rogers tell me what they are going to show?

Being a soccer, baseball and basketball fan I like the idea to watch 4 games at same time. Did I miss any part of me being able to decide or is the feature still in developing stages? Will this feature only apply to sports? If I wanted to watch 2 live news reports could I do that? As I'm typing how is the audio feed going to work? Since I mute all live sports audio, it won't matter to me.

I tried using it last night and the audio comes from whichever game you have highlighted and you can switch back and forth. My only complaint is the lag is greater with split screen than if you watch the individual games but other than that it worked well.

 

I did notice 2 new channels called Multiview 1 and 2 on channel 491 and 492. a few weeks ago. They just air the regular Sports Net when there's no live game.

 

I remember that I had a "Sony Trinitron" in the 90s and this "feature" was built-in to the TV itself.

Press "PIP" on the remote.

Thanks Rogers, you're 30+ years behind.

 

At one time, a number of HDTVs had PIP. I expect that feature was dropped when price points for HDTVs plummeted. Some satellite and cable TV boxes with multiple tuners also had, or have, PIP.

 

years ago the tvs had multiple tuners for PIP, but since the tuner is now outside of your TV, its within the set top box, PIP is now a feature of the Set Top Box and not the TV.

 

Many TVs still have built in ATSC/NTSC tuners, sometimes ATSC 3.0. I've never seen a TV with multiple TV tuners. PIP can sometimes be done with external inputs. I haven't seen a TV with PIP and HDMI 2.x.

 

I discovered this press release: MediaKind helps bring Multiview to millions of Xfinity customers - MediaKind , with MediaKind promoting its Multiview product at the NAB show earlier this month. (National Association of Broadcasters)

MediaKind said in the press release that "MK.IO Multiview services are designed for flexible, event-based workflows, allowing activation and scaling for major viewing events such as sports or news." My hunch after reading their press releases is that the technology seems designed for pre-selected channels.

MediaKind owns the Mediaroom platform for disk-based PVRs at Bell and Telus and also provides the cloud PVR service for Bell. The Bell MTS MyPicks app allows you to pick any channels you want and arrange them the way you want on the Multiview screen, but that's a different technology than what MediaKind is licensing to Comcast and Rogers.

 

Just tried it tonight and am watching 2 hockey games at once. Reminds me of my old Sony TV. I had the same split screen and also 9 pictures at once which Rogers doesn't do yet.

 

It really does not matter if your TV set has built in PIP functionality or additional ATSC/NTSC tuners, any extra technology features that is built-in to your TV set won't really add any extra value if you're primarily watching thru your ignite/xfinity box connected to HDMI input. The picture in picture aka multiview now comes from the ignite/xfinity set top box.

 

The execution of Multiview has been poor. It only works with select NHL game pairs.

It would be nice if multiview was available on all subscribed channels.

I would like to watch MLB TV, the jays game and whatever hockey game was on at the same time and bounce between audio sources.

During the NFL season, I'll often put my laptop in front of the main TV and watch RED Zone and another main game at the same time even though there are often time delays between the 2 sources.

 

It would be nice if multiview was available on all subscribed channels.

This was just a test (and free). In future, what you want may be available, but expect to pay extra...?

 

Rogers Adds More 2025 Stanley Cup Playoff Games to Rogers Xfinity Multiview - About Rogers .

• April 29: Ottawa at Toronto (7 p.m. ET) and New Jersey at Carolina (7:30 p.m. ET), Minnesota at Vegas (9:30 p.m. ET) and Edmonton at Los Angeles (10 p.m. ET)
• April 30: Montreal at Washington (7 p.m. ET) and Florida at Tampa Bay (7:30 p.m. ET)

 

Multiview would have been interesting for the election coverage. Being able to quickly jump between the feeds of CBC ,CTV, Global and CITY.