[opendtv] Re: All HBO Shows Are Leaving Amazon Prime in 2018
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 02:00:50 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Exactly, Craig. What's new? What's new is that only the Internet
made this possible. What's new is that OTT sites in potentially
large quantities can now compete, to sell TV content bundles
that people really want. *And* they can compete everywhere. That's
what's new. And yet, you're still stuck talking about "lynchpin of
[legacy] MVPD bundles," as if that even matters.
Exactly, Bert. What's new?
[Bla bla bla]
Consumers added new VOD bundles that offered commercial free
access to most of the content they used to access via VHS and DVD.
Funny how the evolution of technology has an impact on consumer
behavior...
And you still miss the obvious. In all of your examples, you miss that your
"lynchpin of MVPD bundles" is pure legacy thinking, BECAUSE you missed the
innovation that matters most. And yet, not like we haven't been over this 1000
times.
Let me try this: there is no "lynchpin of MVPD bundles," once the MVPD service
is no longer offered by a local monopoly, but rather TV is available from a
virtually unlimited number of sources, available TO EVERYONE. That phrase is
just quaint old legacy thinking. Without that monopoly walled garden that
restricts you to their choices, there's no "lynchpin."
Each bundle will have to compete on its own merits. You won't be able to cram
ESPN down anyone's throat, whether you call it "lynchpin" or not. ESPN will
exist in some bundles, for those who give a hoot, and will be totally absent in
many other very attractive bundles, for those not addicted to sports.
Regulators will have nothing to say about this. As long as Internet service is
STRICTLY NEUTRAL, the people decide. If instead Internet service is not
neutral, then we're back to your walled in models, where the ISP gets to
decide, and where your quaint "lynchpin" ideas may survive.
So, your repeated "lynchpin of MVPD bundles" sounds like so much obsolete
nonsense, Craig. That's why it keeps falling on deaf ears. It's totally
unconvincing.
Bert
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