[opendtv] Re: TV Technology: Survey: 17 Percent of U.S. Households Are OTA-Only
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:30:51 -0400
On Jul 17, 2016, at 9:11 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Might make you question the validity of the study, or at a minimum
the way in which the data is reported.
Yes indeed! I read it through several times to see whether they really meant
"exclusive OTA," or whether they meant something else. I actually find it
hard to believe that the use of EXCLUSIVE OTA TV use went up, as they claim.
Easy to believe that OTA usage went up, but only because many have cut the
cord and use OTA plus OTT sites.
Why does this surprise you?
We have 95 million people who have stopped even looking for a job. We have tens
of millions of poor immigrants, many of which cannot afford a monthly
subscription to a MVPD service or broadband.
Clearly there are a group of people who use an antenna AND Internet streaming
services. That's a major reason I found this study to be questionable.
Then again, except for live sports, some people may find, as you do, that they
prefer Hulu or the broadcast network sites to an antenna, so they can watch on
demand. These people may be accounted for in the 6% Internet only group.
So, using those two numbers at face value, I would question their assertion
that 75% continue to subscribe to MVPDs. They claim that 23% (exclusive OTA
plus exclusive online), and a couple of percent of no TV at all, are
subtracted from 100%, to reach the number of MVPD subscribers? Using their
two numbers, the percentage of MVPD subscribers is most likely closer to the
68% reported just recently.
Give it up. Both the article and their web site clearly state that 75% still
subscribe to an MVPD service.
If that 17% number, that they claim is exclusive OTA, were actually OTA plus
Internet, MAYBE. But I doubt the number of OTA plus Internet is as low as
17%. We've seen at least 20% for that estimate, in the recent past.
I just went back and looked at the fine print. Lot's of required
add ons, including one of those dreaded STBs ($12/mo), and a
router ($10/mo).
Heh heh. They keep using the same old tactics, don't they?
All it would take, for me to jump on this FiOS thing, would be for Verizon to
go FTTH, and then convert that to ADSL (or better) at their outside box. The
modem I have now is good for 25 Mb/s, as is. So that would be just fine by
me. Instead, they are hell-bent to make us an MVPD household, installing coax
indoors, installing a battery pack indoors, renting stuff I don't want to
rent, and so on.
Hey Verizon! Make it easier on yourselves. What I describe could be done with
no house call, essentially, except installing that outdoor box. You can do
that whenever you please!
Bert
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