[opendtv] Re: After Supreme Court Ruling, Aereo's Rivals in TV Streaming Seize Opening

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 21:59:46 +0000

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

> One must ask a simple question:
>
> Why would a broadcast network license content to affiliates when they
> can, AND DO, stream it themselves?

A perfectly good question, and one which broadcasters should be answering in 
order to remain relevant in the Internet era.

Whoever is in that signal path, from content owner to TV set, ought to "add 
value," to remain relevant. My suggestion continues to be that local 
broadcasters could carve out some role running the video servers for their 
stuff, in the local market ISP networks. As well as retaining their news, 
weather, and local affairs programming, and their affiliation with these new 
FOTA networks like ThisTV, GetTV, and Movies! Channels. Reinvent themselves as 
CDNs, more or less.

Bert



 
 
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