[opendtv] Re: MVPD Definition

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 00:08:30 +0000

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

The content owners can do exactly what the Program Access Rule were
created to prevent - advantaging an affiliated monopoly or a
preferred business partner.

And once again, this does not matter to the consumer, or consequently to the
govt, *if* there is ubiquitous competition in the distribution pipe.

For example, ESPN deals with Sling TV, which anyone can access.

Now some other OTT site, also available to everyone, builds a really attractive
bundle that many people buy. But it does not include ESPN.

Question for Craig: Do you really think that ESPN won't want to stick its foot
in that door, somehow?

Why is it so difficult to understand that the market distortions were created
ny the local monopolies for distribution? And that the 1992 act was meant to
protect consumers against those inevitable market distortions of the day?

Bert



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