[opendtv] Re: Free TV URL list
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: OpenDTV Mail List <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:32:13 -0500
On Dec 29, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> And by doing so, they make people associate online Olympics programming with
> their MVPD, more so than with NBC.
Not exactly.
What NBC and the MVPDs want people to think is that a monthly MVPD subscription
not only delivers popular content to your TV, but it ALSO allows these new
entertainment devices to access this content via the Internet. What was once a
localized service to your home, now lets you access this content when you are
away from home on your mobile device.
The reality is that NBC is one of several major congloms who control 90% of the
content delivered by the MVPDs. The oligopoly is primarily concerned with
keeping your eyeballs inside this garden, and maximizing the return on major
investments like the Olympics.
> So, as desperately as they are to make their brand identified with the
> Internet, they also seem to defeat their purpose.
They do not want to be identified with, or a subset of the Internet. They are
the Masters of Media, and the Internet just another media to control.
Regards
Craig
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