[opendtv] Re: HBO Having Trouble Luring Cable-TV Operators to Standalone Service - TheStreet
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 22:35:09 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> From the article:
> HBO, which has not said when it will launch its new online service, likely
> won't be able to offer the service directly to consumers. Its affiliate
> agreements with cable and satellite operators restricts HBO from selling
> subscriptions directly to consumers, according to people with knowledge of
> those agreements. Cable and satellite operators retain that right.
I suppose HBO can find some Sling TV-like partner, if all it needs to do is not
sell direct. Those contracts seem to be written at a time when the
local-monopoly MVPD net was the only game in town, for multi-channel TV content
delivery, so that not selling direct automatically involved the MVPDs.
Bert
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