[opendtv] Re: Netflix hits record high on subscriber surge | Fox Business
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 02:52:56 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Nope. You pay Netflix, just as you do if you buy it via the Internet.
Actually YOU ARE buying it via the Internet. All that the MVPD is doing
is adding the ability to access OTT services via their STBs. I do not
know if there is any "consideration" exchanged between Netflix and the
MVPD.
Wrong, Craig. And I'm not even sure how you can become confused by this.
Obviously, with this arrangement, you *have* to pay for the Comcast TV tier, or
you won't get Netflix this way, through X1. If you do not pay for the TV tier,
then you would get Netflix as I would, over the broadband service. Here's
something to inform you:
https://www.recode.net/2016/7/5/12096380/comcast-to-let-netflix-onto-its-x1-platform-which-is-a-very-big-deal
"Comcast and Netflix have reached an agreement to incorporate Netflix into X1,
..."
"A recent report by Morgan Stanley, in fact, raised this possibility of a
Comcast deal, especially noting that it could benefit by getting a larger
bounty from Netflix for adding subscribers. It would also help Comcast have a
more competitive video offering to others, like Roku, Verizon and Dish, that
have apps from services like Hulu and Netflix."
See where it says: "help Comcast have a more competitive video offering"?
What's a "video offering," Craig? That means, available if you pay for Comcast
TV. If it's on the Internet, it's not a "Comcast video offering." To have
access to Netflix THIS WAY, you need to subscribe to the legacy MVPD service,
not just double play.
And then there is TV Everywhere,
Which ALSO requires the [sucker] to subscribe to the legacy MVPD service. What
is it you continue to miss this, Craig? This is really obvious stuff. And,
that's what net neutrality protects consumers AGAINST. It prevents the MVPD
from blocking Netflix or other content, to favor its own internally-controlled
and priced offerings.
Another subject that baffles you is walled gardens. If the local monopoly
blocks certain Internet sites, say Netflix, so as to force the suckers to get
Netflix via the X1 TV service, then there is not much the customer can do. They
have to submit (as you do).
On the other hand, a site like Netflix has no way of preventing the consumer
from going to other sites, be they for pay or free. Netflix can't wall you in,
Craig. Not unless this customer is a total dimwit, who hasn't yet figured out
how to use a browser!
Is this still not clear, for some reason?
Bert
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