[opendtv] Re: News: New Cable Fight at Hand
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:18:26 -0400
At 5:25 PM -0500 3/28/11, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
This is what I was driving at, when responding to Craig before. HGTV
should not be expected to bend over backwards to suit the pleasures
of Apple Inc. It's up to the appliance vendors to figure out how to
use what's already there. Big screen or small screen.
What has this got to do with Apple?
Apple devices can access free and open content available on the
Internet, like smartphones and tables from any manufacturer. The
concern is when a device is blocked, as happened with Google TV and
other devices. It is not a question of figuring out how to use what
is already there; the media conglomerates want us to pay AGAIN if we
want to see the content we are already paying for on these mobile
platforms.
While the story that you are commenting about was based on the
concerns about the iPAD app that Time Warner just released, it was
not about Apple or the iPad per se, but rather, it was about the fact
that the media conglomerates are contending that the ONLY DEVICE that
the MVPDs have the legal rights to deliver their content to is a
traditional TV. If it is ANY kind of mobile device, iOS, Android, et
al, they are contending that the cable/DBS companies cannot deliver
the content going to the TV to these mobile devices.
The guy who markets toasters is responsible to make them available
with standard AC plugs and suited to the power standard of the
country where the toaster is sold. Toaster vendors should not expect
to design their appliance for some arbitrary oddball standard, no
matter what their rationale might be for doing so, and then get all
huffy when they don't work right. Almost all of this stuff seems to
be Flash, as far as I can tell. (It may well be H.264 in a Flash
container. So? A Flash player plays it.)
What has FLASH got to do with this? It is simply one of many
technologies that are available to deliver content over the Internet.
Case in point, you cannot access these FLASH video files on Hulu or
Fox.com with Google TV.
Please get the burr out of your butt about Apple. This story is about
the desires of the media conglomerates to have total control over how
you can watch their content, and how they can make you pay for it
multiple times if you want to use multiple viewing devices.
Regards
Craig
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