[opendtv] The basics of online TV distribution
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 01:31:55 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
It is not just the broadcast networks, ... The same tactics have been
used by A&E, ESPN and other MVPD networks.
All I'm saying is, there is no logical reason to think that the OTA TV networks
should NOT demand their pound of flesh. When they are offered over MVPD media,
they are, and deserve to be, at least as valued as anything else available on
that medium. If people raise a stink when the content is removed, this just
proves the point.
It has nothing to do with technology other than the one area I
already discussed - VOD.
Sorry, Craig, you really need to get educated on this.
But the Internet does not offer the reliability of dedicated
video distribution networks
Neither here nor there. One can easily argue that reliability can be higher,
thanks to the self-healing nature of routed networks, and that any current
problems (and they do exist) are mostly a function of incompetence. I feel
perfectly justified in saying this, given that some services, e.g. Hulu, are so
obviously better, basically totally glitch-free, in stark contrast to other OTT
sites. Same Internet, different experience.
No Bert. You are talking about International networks that choose
to place their news content on the Internet.
Exactly, and they require no middleman, and therefore have no issues with
"license." (Same applies to any TV online, even US TV online.) Many countries
place their TV content on the Internet, for local consumption. I gave you one
good example, the French (not Spanish, Craig, French) TF1 network. I gave you
that example because TF1 is not like France 24, a CNN-like channel offered all
over the world. TF1 is more like CBS. It's meant for local consumption. I also
used TF1 as an example because I happen to know their web site directly,
without using any intermediate portal. And, contrary to what you claim, their
shows are locally produced too. They are not translated old TV shows. This is a
one of the main French TV networks.
Here are two more examples. The first is a full length program on the German
ZDF network. Direct, no middlemen. This time, I made it easier for you, and
gave you the link for the actual full length episode:
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/beitrag/video/2789740/Die-ewige-Jagd-nach-dem-Gold#/beitrag/video/2789740/Die-ewige-Jagd-nach-dem-Gold
This is the 8:00 PM newscast from RAI 1, also the actual newscast.
http://www.tg1.rai.it/dl/tg1/2010/edizioni/ContentSet-9b6e0cba-4bef-4aef-8cf0-9f7f665b7dfb-tg1.html?item=undefined
Notice the URL is the site of each network, no middleman involved. You can
easily bookmark the front page of these sites, and browse all the content
available.
So, anyone around the world can get this TV content, with **no middlemen**
involved, other than the neutral ISP. The owners of the content may geo-limit
what shows you can see, or they may not. The ZDF example proves this point. RAI
and TF1 allow you to watch newscasts and videos.
So, availability of TV programs online has **NOTHING** to do with whether MVPDs
carry it in the US or not. Same goes for a whole bunch of online content. As
long as the Internet is mandated neutral, and as long as the content owners
agree to stream or otherwise do business online, this can continue. If instead
we become more like China, then the ISPs can filter it out, to bolster demand
for their own walled-in content.
The network dot.com sites are delayed
This is entirely up to THEM, not up to any middleman. They can delay more or
less, or they can stream live. They can charge a fee, or not. There is no one
in the middle, as there is in the legacy MVPD model, to make those decisions
for the content owner. There is no issue of "license," if the owner of content
does the streaming himself. There is no similarity with the legacy MVPD model.
Remember the argument about the crippled IP service you can pretend to get,
over a one-way pipes? Remember how you didn't appreciate that a one-way pipe
cannot possibly anticipate what every user out there wants to browse over the
web? Remember how a one-way pipe can't possibly be used to send your requests
(or your e-mail) upstream to the source, because it's one-way down only? Well,
this is much the same argument. The Internet completely changes the TV
distribution landscape. If no middleman, then no licensing issues result. If
you use middlemen, you can use zillions of middlemen, each one with a different
licensing arrangement, but the neutral ISP requires no licensing arrangement.
Bert
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