[opendtv] Re: AT&T's C.E.O. Meets Trump's Justice
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:28:42 -0500
On Nov 27, 2017, at 8:00 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Compete on their own terms, as an OTT service, firewalled from the telecom
service side of AT&T's business. It's hardly surprising that a company
offering a telecom service is intrinsically different from a company using
the telecom service to do business. If Trump gets this, then hallelujah.
This has little if anything to do with the telecom side of AT&T Bert. It is
about gaining a seat at the media conglom table, and using the resulting
influence to gain leverage in carriage negotiation for both existing MVPD
services and new VMVPD services.
It allows AT&T to offer new ways to access the Time Warner content, and to use
that content to attract subscribers to other AT&T services. I now subscribe to
DirecTV Now, which has afforded significant SAVINGS on my VMVPD bundle; access
to this content on my iPAD anywhere I have Internet connectivity; and access to
this content via my cellular service with Zero Rated bits.
Obviously there are no firewalls between these services, nor should there be.
The whole point is to reduce the bloat created by decades of heavy handed
regulation and oligopoly pricing.
"That's the economic question. Then there's the political one. Donald Trump
makes no secret of his feelings about CNN, a Turner subsidiary. On Tuesday he
reiterated his view that the merger was 'not a good deal for the country.'"
Yeah, speculating on the political angle/excuse may suggest ulterior motives,
but it sounds like pointless whining if the results are what the columnist
and Trump opponents would have wanted anyway? Conspiracy theories aside, be
happy.
Here is a fact that gets little attention: Trump has been a huge benefit to
CNN, MSNBC and the rest of the progressive media. Their ratings are
significantly higher than during the Obama years...
Not sure why Trump cares one way or the other about the independence of Turner
and CNN. AT&T might seek to change the editorial stance of CNN, but they would
have no reason to shutter it.
Or perhaps liberals haven't yet figured it out. What "instincts otherwise
lean in the opposite direction"? Putin and Trump both have instincts of
showmen. The problem is with the press. They have some oddball preconceived
notion of what Trump SHOULD think, and that he SHOULD be a far right yahoo
and religious zealot. That's the reason they are always so wrong, so puzzled,
and why they were so off the mark understanding wha'happened last November.
Trump has succeeded in something that no Republican President has been able to
do in the modern era of the 24/7 news cycle. Rather than constantly reacting to
the media, Trump is driving the narrative via twitter. I
Pay attention to facts, and less attention to your own preconceived notions
of what the facts SHOULD be.
Good idea. I hope Bert takes this to heart. The facts with respect to Net
Neutrality are far different that the Fear Mongering that has been used to
resist the return to light handed regulation.
Regards
Craig
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