Well, it means, you don’t have to have cable.
You have to have a broad band internet connection (via VDSL, cable, LTE, FTTH …).

And then you can pick and chose the programming as you like.

All concepts so far have failed.Let’s see whether Intel is successful this time around.
Could well be that the whole thing works out because this is a general concept that can be deployed worldwide.

At the end of the day it basically also means that you get one data pipe in your home and use it for Internet, TV, radio, landline phone, mobile phone (via picocells).

An interesting play that is developing here …

You will need it.