[opendtv] Re: Apple, Amazon and Google want to stream NFL games | ZDNet
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 21:41:15 -0500
Regards
Craig
On Feb 7, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
You choose to view on demand using catch up TV services. You cannot
stream the prime time broadcast network shows when they air.
Anyone with TVE, with HBO Now, with CBS All Access, with Sling TV, can.
We were talking about you Bert.
Anyone with TVE subscribes to a MVPD service and gets the live linear streams
that enable their access to the related TVE streams.
It is irrelevant to the discussion, but HBO Now subscribers are paying for
those streams.
The same is true for CBS All Access; and the CBS network live streams are only
available in markets where CBS owns stations and those where affiliates have
agreed to be part of the service. And the live CBS NFL streams are not
available at all.
And you cannot up the broadcast networks from Sling TV for love or money.
Remember what this article is about, Craig. It's about content owners being
willing to sell streaming rights, which you claimed was such a difficult
problem to solve. This too is a non-problem, as long as content owners see
the benefit.
I never said it is a difficult problem to solve. They love to make money if it
is in their best interests. But there are some things they will not sell for
love or money.
But the vast majority of the NFL audience watches the games on live
linear TV,
The article claims that CBS does stream live NFL games already, Craig. So it
appears to be another non-problem.
So what? The majority of the audience is NOT watching the streams CBS mKes
available. They are watching CBS via an antenna or a MVPS subscription.
Let's see how the live versus streaming audience for the Super Bowl
breaks down Bert.
Completely irrelevant, and reminiscent of your inability, back in the early
2000s, to grasp that yeah, HDTV was going to be the future for the masses.
No Bert. It is highly relevant.
I'm watching the game on my HDTV right now, as are the vast majority of
viewers.
By the way, I checked out the free streaming versions during the first quarter.
I could not get a reliable connection via the Web browser on my iPad, although
CBS claims it should work. I do get a reliable connection using the CBS Sports
app on my tablet. I had a hard time getting it to work using the web browser on
my Mac, but succeeded eventually.
I don't know if it has anything to do with Super Bowl streaming, but my
broadband is "slow" tonight. I usually see better than 50 Mbps. During the 1st
quarter it was about 18 Mbps; 2nd quarter about 27 Mbps. Now in the 4th quarter
it's 22 Mbps.
I urge you, once again, to pause before arguing as if stuck in the mud. In
the past, every time, things have changed a lot faster than you claimed. On
many different subjects. Doesn't it make sense to learn from the past, Craig?
Not really. And they are not changing as fast as you claim now.
Regards
Craig
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