[opendtv] Re: FW: Intel Will Lead Us to à la Carte Pay TV

  • From: Mike Tsinberg <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:30:42 +0000

Do you think its Emmy worthy to be the first who created technology and 
business model for Internet TV distribution that led to today's proliferation 
of Apple, Intel and others?

Best Regards,
Mike Tsinberg
http://keydigital.com



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> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 7:01 PM
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> Subject: [opendtv] Re: FW: Intel Will Lead Us to à la Carte Pay TV
> 
> Mike Tsinberg wrote:
> 
> > So who was significant first in this Internet TV distribution world?
> 
> Good question. It probably depends on who you ask. My answer, i.e. from
> my experience, would be the congloms. I think the congloms were
> streaming catch-up shows by the early to mid 2000s. Netflix initially
> used the Internet just to allow convenient DVD rentals. Much later,
> they started streaming a subset of their movies online too. Amazon
> started offering online streaming too. But as I recall, the congloms
> beat all of them.
> 
> In the early days, each conglom seemed to stream using its own
> solution. Some used Flash, some used WMP. Image quality was not that
> great, and IIRC, abc.com initially did not use a streaming protocol
> that could go completely full screen. But soon enough, all of the
> congloms converged on Flash, and everything became a lot easier. And
> quality improved gradually for all of these.
> 
> Basically not so unlike OTA TV. When the service becomes used by many
> people, the industry is wise to impose standard solutions. Otherwise,
> they simply turn off potential viewers.
> 
> By the way, you might want to read this about CBS online streaming of
> the Super Bowl (the significant content excerpted below):
> 
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2027006/super-bowl-streaming-online-
> about-dollars-and-sense-for-cbs.html
> 
> "Viewers complained vociferously about NBC's spotty online coverage of
> the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Not only that, only cable subscribers
> could stream events live.
> 
> "Not so with Super Bowl XLVII. You can watch the game via
> CBSSports.com, no strings attached. Either that, or if you're a Verizon
> customer you can shell out the monthly $5 in-app subscription to watch
> the game on your smartphone via the NFL Mobile app."
> 
> So this is what happens when the customer bitches loudly. The congloms
> revise their thinking. Fox these days is imposing an 8-day delay for
> the online stream. This began in 2011. The other networks threatened
> something similar, but so far they offer the content technically on the
> next day, but in fact that same night, after midnight. And the above
> article points out that more and more people are watching TV this way
> (although not necessarily on their TV big screens just yet, I would
> add).
> 
> Not exactly waiting for Intel or Apple to reinvent TV.
> 
> Bert
> 
> 
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