[opendtv] Re: News: The Real Fight Over Fake News
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:08:13 -0400
Bob Miller wrote:
> I think a pretty high percentage of cable and sat customers
> only watch a few channels or I should say a few channels are
> really important to them. In a survey a few years ago the
> surveyor asked me a long list of questions and I found
> myself answering "Sopranos" over and over. I was paying for
> cable mostly to get the Sopranos.
Right. But you do watch other stuff as well, as you explain below.
> With the option to buy seasons of such content as the
> Sopranos and current more time sensitive news shows like The
> Daily Show on the Internet the hold cable has on me is
> growing weaker all the time. Soon it may be just inertia
> that tethers me.
Makes sense to me. You're making the case that FOTA and FOTI (free over
the Internet) are the most natural companions of DVD sets, including DVD
rentals, or pay-over-Internet. I would certainly agree. That's why I
said to Craig that it isn't FOTA TV that is most threatened by the
Internet distribution of TV programming that he advocates.
Bert
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