[opendtv] Re: Apple in Talks with Comcast About Streaming-TV Service - WSJ.com
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:01:29 -0400
On Mar 29, 2014, at 7:38 PM, Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>
>> A terrible analogy Bert. Scientific Atlanta, Pace, et al, are suppliers
>> to the cable industry - suppliers of the boxes needed to use and
>> protect the content in the garden. In theory, anyone could try to sell
>> boxes to the cable companies.
>
> And Apple wants to be one of these suppliers. The FCC tried to break that
> logjam, but has certainly not insisted. So now, after Apple tried and failed
> to collude with content owners, they are taking this new tack. Collude with
> the MVPD instead.
Sorry Bert, Apple will not be selling boxes to Comcast. They don't roll that
way, nor do they need to.
Comcast may sell Apple boxes in their stores just like AT&T does with Apple and
Samsung phones. Apple will sell this device via their physical and online
stores, and through authorized retailers.
And drop the collusion characterizations. The content congloms sell to
everyone, but they reserve the exclusive stuff for "the bundle" and let the
MVPDs send them checks.
>> So what you are saying is that it should be possible to offer managed
>> services over their wires that do not need to follow network neutrality
>> rules. If this is the case, then Apple would just be the second
>> customer, as they are already doing this for their own IPTV services.
>
> Yes, there are many ways that non-Internet content can be delivered with
> preferential treatment, no matter what the underlying protocol. Even if the
> protocol is IP. And there are also a ton of different ways that only certain
> boxes could be made to play in this preferential walled up garden, OR ways to
> allow third party boxes to play as well.
>
> There is nothing technically hard here.
>
Yup. That's where we started from. It's all the stuff you say we are not
talking about that is important.
Regards
Craig
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