[opendtv] Re: MVPD Definition

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 23:19:58 +0000

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

According to the Delloitt report you linked to, linear is still
71% of TV viewing. Stop cherry picking stats

You misread. Not only did you misread, but even you own "find" showed 41%
viewed online (UK and US identical, supposedly). Which gives you absolutely NO
EXCUSE to hang onto one statistic that you misinterpreted, without questioning
it. None, Craig.

Of course not, Craig, and I explained to you many times why
this makes Sling TV different from MVPDs.

It is still a MVPD service, delivered over the Internet.

Okay, so are Hulu and Amazon Prime, then.

Do you think he FCC just decided on day that the definition of
a MVPD is now outdated? Clearly they are reacting to real
world events and most likely requests from every side of this
issue.

Just like you, Craig, they aren't going far enough. And "far enough" means,
abolish the whole concept.

Think beyond your old-school world of walled gardens. When technology mandated
use of walled gardens, i.e. one-way broadcast nets with clearly defined (and
controlled) content gatekeeper head ends, the FCC had to create rules that
would essentially guarantee all communities have access to any and all TV
sources.

Now, with the Internet, that no longer holds true. Anyone can access any
source. So, drop the angst, FCC. We have seen that the TV content CEOs couldn't
care less about artificial govt rules, to make deals with different OTT
companies, or to set up their own.

Linear streams are what the FCC has the authority to regulate.

I'd like you to prove this. Whatever the answer is, though, as I said, the
whole notion is obsolete. The FCC got up with the times enough to see that
exclusivity rules can be dropped, so they need to go that extra step.

Bert



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