[opendtv] Re: Apple TV Is The Latest Step In The Disintermediation Of Media | TechCrunch
- From: Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 19:41:24 -0500
Craig wrote:
Bert keeps talking about the network .com sites he watches, not some small
independent producer trying to create a niche network, as the article he
posted
about the early days of video streaming reported.
Exactly. There's plenty of the highest value TV content available which
bypasses any cable STB, except perhaps the broadband modem component of the
cable STB. I'm not talking about YouTube videos of trucks leaping over mounds
of dirt.
It's the 70% or more of entertainment TV viewing that is delivered
by the MVPDs, either as live linear TV or time shifted by a DVR, via their
STBs.
And the highest value of this video is now also available without traditional
MVPD STB. Which includes ESPN, btw, as well as the TV networks, as well as HBO,
and other movie channels, etc., and more to come.
So, if the article is trying to tell us that most people are still using their
legacy hardware to watch TV content on the big screen, fine. If it's trying to
tell us that the legacy hardware is the only way to get the highest value
content on the big screen, bunk. These guys need to get out more often and see
what's easily doable. There's a reason why so many PCs have HDMI outputs these
days. And there are wireless means of making this connection as well.
Sling is a slimmed down MVPD service
Sling TV is making some of the highest value TV content, previously only
available via traditional MVPD, now available to big screens or other screens,
without cable STB, and without necessitating an Apple box either.
But that is exactly what this article was about. With the App based interface
to TV, those walls become paid gardens in a much larger world of content
along
with new uses for the big TV screen.
And if these guys would get out more often, they could put all of this in
perspective. There is no reason to depend on "apps." There is no reason to
depend on a box that now costs over half of the price of a full-fledged PC,
only to reward the buyer with a tiny sliver of what's actually available on the
Internet. And there is no reason to think that Apple has the corner on this new
way of watching TV. It is simply not true. How do they not know this?
Bert
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