Craig Birkmaier wrote: >> E.g., the congloms will not be forced to submit to tier structures that >> are important to the MVPD of times past. Instead, the congloms can >> explore any number of different options, either on their own, and/or >> through any number of different intermediary OTT sites. And individual >> households are free to choose what *they* prefer, instead of having to >> submit to the whims of their local MVPD's "natural monopoly" >> preferences. > > Keep dreaming Bert. > > What you desire is not happening. Heh heh. This from the guy who insisted FOR YEARS that HDTV was always going to be expensive, intended only for only for a niche clientele. Here, this is a compilation of 18 aggregation portals (not including wwitv.com, by the way), which show both conglom sites and non-conglom sites: http://websearch.about.com/od/freetvonline/tp/How-To-Watch-Free-Tv-On-The-Web-The-Top-30-Websites.htm Apparently, it's happening. And the content you claim to be "most valuable," although of no interest to me, presumably ESPN, even they are considering their options. I posted an article to that effect already. Craig, you're being left behind! Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.