[opendtv] Re: News: Not So Fast: Programmers Question TW's IPTV Trial
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:54:30 -0700
funny that you don't whine about people having to pay to watch a movie once
in a theater, and again in DVD form, then yet again in their cable fees.
Funny that you only whine about the "cost" of broadcasting, when that's
free, yet you don't whine about cable -- the parasite on the backs of the
people -- charging for mere distribution.
John Willie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "OpenDTV Mail List" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:56 AM
Subject: [opendtv] News: Not So Fast: Programmers Question TW's IPTV Trial
> You could see this one coming a mile away...
>
> "Forget that the subscriber is already paying monthly fees for the
> same content delivered over the same wires. The web is a new medium
> and we expect to be paid AGAIN if you dare to make the content you
> have paid for available to the PC in the den."
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
> Not So Fast: Programmers Question TW's IPTV Trial
>
> July 20, 2005 12:00am
> Source: CableFAX
>
> As if programming contracts weren't complicated enough, Time
> Warner's launch of an IPTV trial in San Diego County has added a new
> wrinkle: Some programmers don't think MSOs have the right to launch
> their networks over the Web. In fact, several programmers who are on
> TW's expanded basic package in San Diego said they had no idea the
> MSO was giving 9K residents the ability to watch 75 expanded basic
> nets for free via the PC (Cfax, 7/14). Here's how: Time Warner says
> its "programming rights agreements govern a closed cable network,"
> which applies to its IPTV network since it is closed and doesn't go
> out over the public Internet. In other words, the PC is just another
> TV outlet. "It's their interpretation, and it's incredibly
> presumptuous," one programmer told CableWORLD (check out John
> Ourand's column when it gets published July 25). Another flagged the
> story and had their legal dept looking into the matter. But not
> everyone was so quick to sound the alarm. TW has been hinting that
> IPTV is in the works in recent talks, some programmers said. "Unless
> our operations guy tells me there's a real [security] risk of
> breaking the closed network, we're OK with it," one exec said. "I do
> have a major concern about the advertising part of it," particularly
> how quickly a ratings measurement system would be put in place (ah...
> that sounds a bit like VOD, no?). Asked to comment about programmer
> concerns, Time Warner said, "We don't publicly discuss our
> programming contracts." When asked if the MSO had received any
> complaints from programmers, a spokesman said, "We don't discuss
> private conversations with programmers."
>
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