[opendtv] Re: Amazon Considering Online Pay-TV Service
- From: Kon Wilms <konfoo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:19:30 -0800
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> On Jan 22, 2014, at 10:34 PM, "Manfredi, Albert E" <
> albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:.
>
> I read that story on EE Times today, about Intel getting out. And my
> feeling was, finally something that makes sense. Intel SHOULD be getting
> out of colluding with content owners. Amazon, on the other hand, SHOULD be
> competing with MVPDs, at least when it comes to content distribution.
>
>
> They already are competitors in some market segments.
>
When I was last given a 'demo' of a few pieces of Intel media delivery
tech, no-one knew how to answer any questions and the techs were junior.
The components that were demo'd were all running on Windows and not even
clustered. It was total amateur hour.
Amazon is also a service provider, after all. The legacy of the old model
> is this idea that the underlying network service can legitimately be
> coupled with the content distribution and content access control service.
> If anything, it is that combination of services that may or should be
> reformed, over time.
>
>
> In the end it still comes down to the last mile. The bandwidth required
> for Amazon, or any other OTT competitor, does not exist today. Enough
> people have the bandwidth required for such a service to launch, but it
> could not scale rapidly without a major investment. Will the telcos and
> cable companies make this investment to enable a new competitor?
>
The bandwidth doesn't exist.. maybe, maybe not. Netflix uses AWS. And do we
really need 'live' and 'linear' TV? I haven't watched that format in
probably 6 years. And these days when I'm at a relative or friend's house,
if anything a TV playing live TV is an annoyance to me more than anything
else. My kids are about 5 now and they have never experienced a 'live TV
household' (if you will). When I watch their reactions to live TV.. it
looks like it is a distraction they prefer to do without, because there is
no control over the format.
Some things like sports, events and news I can see a point for. However,
the rest of live TV needs to just lay down and die. But I'm sure they will
fight to the bitter end, and get left with the horse and buggy in the
process.
Tangentially (somewhat), I'm also seriously beginning to think that the
next gen of the Oculus Rift and everything that comes with it (Steam VR,
etc.) is going to make some changes to media consumption habits and further
drive a stake into the current business models (waiting patiently for them
to release the DK2) :-).
Cheers
Kon
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