[opendtv] Re: Retransmission Replies Reflect Industry Schism
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:31:47 -0400
At 5:00 PM -0500 6/28/11, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
Heh heh. The NFL sides with broadcasters, because the NFL wants to
remain capable of blacking out games in the market where they are
being played.
If the national caps were lifted, the NFL would be in a bit of a pickle.
Why?
They negotiate contracts with the congloms. As long as Congress keeps
giving them the anti trust exemption that makes these blackouts
possible, they will require blackouts in home markets when a game is
sold out. It's not like there is just one transmitter for the entire
country. Even if the congloms could own every station in every
market, they would still have the ability to deliver regional feeds
and to blackout coverage, if necessary to meet contractual agreements.
In fact, what would be most likely is that the congloms would provide
regional feeds with news and other programming targeting that region.
The infrastructure is already in place to do this. My guess is that
we would see about 8 regional operation centers:
Upper Atlantic - New York hub
Mid Atlantic - Washington hub
South East - Atlanta or Miami hub
Lower midwest- Dallas hub
Upper Midwest - Chicago hub
Mountain states - Denver hub
Southern Pacific - L.A. hub
Northern Pacific - Seattle hub
Regards
Craig
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