[opendtv] Re: News: WealthTV Files Carriage Complaint Against Time Warner

I think you missed the point, Bert.

First, broadcast networks won their part of this battle in the mid-1990s,
when they were permitted to own interests in their shows.

Second, it's not 'umbilical media' owning their own content that's the issue
(they or advertisers have owned virtually all content, save for the years
1973-1995), it's owners of distribution networks aping content instead of
licensing it.

The inHD/HDnet situation isn't really the same; InHD produces little and
licenses much, HDNet produces more than a little, and licenses the rest.

I talked with the CEO of Wealth TV about a month ago.  (They're local to me,
with their HQ near the Price Club on Morena Boulevard.)  They are available
on digital and HDTV tiers on many Charter Communications systems.

And, my customer, KYES-DT, is the only broadcast station to carry them.
There might even be news in that arena in the near future, but I was asked
(by my customer) to keep the details confidential, so I will.

The question to me is: is MOJO good enough to be carried on Dish or DirecTV?
Wealth has been trying to attain DBS carriage for some time.  DirecTV
promotes having 70 or more national HD channels.  It seems like Wealth TV
(all HDTV) should be one of them.

John Willkie
www.EtherGuideSystems.com

P.S.  I don't understand this 'umbilical system.'  Is the phone company one
of them?

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Enviado el: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:28 PM
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Asunto: [opendtv] Re: News: WealthTV Files Carriage Complaint Against Time
Warner

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

> Another "minority" network that is struggling to get on cable...
>
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6514912.html?display=Breaking
+News&referral=SUPP&nid=2228

> WealthTV Files Carriage Complaint Against Time Warner

As long as umbillical media are allowed to own their own content, unless
governments impose rules and regulations, this sort of thing is BOUND to
happen. I frankly don't see how it can be avoided.

This is less of an issue with OTA, in the sense that more different
content owners can in principle compete. Althought the number is still
limited, just by the fact that there's only so much spectrum to go
around, in any given location.

What I don't understand is why anyone would understand the problem when
it relates to OTA, but not in its even more acute form, when associated
with umbillical systems.

Bert


 
 
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