[opendtv] Re: News: New Cable Fight at Hand
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:29:41 -0400
At 3:44 PM -0500 3/29/11, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
I don't think this is the case, Dan. At least some of the cable
companies do offer the live Internet streams of their programs to
their subscribers. And then there are also the sites of the content
owners themselves, two of which I pointed out yesterday. So this
material is already available over the Internet, one way or another.
Yes, this was covered by several articles I have posted. These
articles ALSO pointed out that the conglomerates are opposed to this
and trying to STOP it.
And you will not find live streams available on any of the conglom
web sites or Hulu. They only provide this content AFTER it has aired
on the networks, and the MVPDs that deliver these live streams.
In some cases you can pay for additional subscriptions to watch live
streams, as is the case for some CBS and ESPN sporting events.
The ONLY issue, as far as I can tell, is that the media companies
won't bend over backwards just to suit Apple's iPhone and iPad.
**But**, the media companies can only discriminate against these
devices because Apple allows them to. Because Apple doesn't stick to
the industry standards.
So, Apple, figure it out.
STOP IT BERT!
This is not a war against APPLE. Much of the media coverage involves
Apple because they are far ahead of the competition in developing
alternative content ecosystems and devices to consume this content.
But the rest of the industry is in hot pursuit with more than 100 new
tablet devices announced. And Apple is no longer the market leader in
smartphones with the rapid uptake of Android by competitors.
The simple fact is that these new apps are developed first for Apple
devices because that's where the majority of customers are today. But
every one of these announcements includes a paragraph stating that an
Android or RIM versions will be introduced soon.
I don't really care about Apple's excuses why these hand-held
appliances shouldn't run Flash Player. I am instead addressing
those, such as Craig, who go on and on about how the media companies
are to blame. No they aren't, not entirely.
FLASH is just a technology sideshow. The normal friction you see in a
marketplace when a successful proprietary technology is replaced with
standards based technology. In this case, even the standard - HTML5 -
allows for multiple competing codecs.
Kon did a good job addressing Dan's concerns about browser support
for HTML5 codecs. I'll add that most Internet portals deal with this
by offering their content in all of these formats, negotiating with
the browser to stream a compatible file. This is an extra burden for
the companies providing the streaming services, but it is the way
things work for now.
In my opinion, the big media conglomerates better re-think their
strategy if they want to keep their revenue stream else the
current youth, with their portable devices,
Or, Apple can rethink its attitude about not conforming to industry
standards. And if Apple prefers NOT to allow its faithful to receive
these media streams, then Apple faithful can put the blame where it
belongs, for a change?
Apple is perhaps the biggest proponent of industry standards. That is
why they are putting their resources into HTML5.
Get over it Bert. Apple is selling millions of iPADS at least in part
BECAUSE content providers are supporting these devices with h.264.
Seeing the occasional window pop up saying that the content is not
supported is no big deal, ESPECIALLY when most of this stuff is
unwanted ads and other crap.
Regards
Craig
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