[opendtv] Re: Wheeler Makes It Official: It's Title II for ISPs | Multichannel

  • From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:18:02 -0500

> On Feb 15, 2015, at 8:25 PM, Manfredi, Albert E 
> <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Within the technical constraints of the day. Yes. And the content owners will 
> continue to work to maximize their profits now, in the new reality of an 
> unwalled Internet medium. Now the content owners have to compete against one 
> another, where before it made more sense for them to collude, **when 
> distributing over the MVPD monopolistic pipe**. (They still competed over 
> OTA, however, and on their own web sites.)

The popularity of individual shows/movies has always been the basis of 
competition for entertainment media. More eyeballs = more money.

But the industry has worked very hard to assure that you have access to 
everything in multiple ways, as you like to point out.

The limitations of linear streaming MVPD systems contributed to the fat 
bundles, but it was the content owners that pushed this to the limits in terms 
of forcing the carriage of ever more new channels (i.e. the mechanism to get 
around the '92 cable act attempt to control rate inflation). 

The real threat to the fat bundles is NOT competition from new internet 
services per se. It is the shift in viewer behavior to on demand consumption of 
pre produced content. 

This replaces the need for appointments to watch or record the linear feeds. 
This ESPECIALLY undermines the value of all of the second tier "rerun" channels 
that have been added over the years. Linear networks are increasingly reliant 
on live and first run content. And even this is being challenged by the SVOD 
services, that release entire seasons of exclusive shows on a single date.

>> First, there is no such thing as a TVE plan - TVE services
>> are available to both Dish DBS subscribers and Dish Sling
>> subscribers.
> 
> See the previous post. Different MVPDs will offer different access to TVE 
> programs.

Only because you must be a subscriber to the linear channel to access the 
lInked TVE service. see the previous post.
> 
>> And Sling is exactly like the larger MVPD bundles,
> 
> ??? You mean, no local broadcast stations and a total of 12 channels is 
> "exactly like the larger MVPD bundles"? That's novel. You're really outdoing 
> yourself, Craig, trying to make the case.

With respect to accessing the TVE services Bert. Stop twisting everything.

By the way, Sling just announced the addition of Galavision, El Rey Network and 
Maker Network to its core programming package, and announced a deal for A&E 
networks, which have not yet been added. This brings the total above 15 
channels. They also announced a new add on sports mini bundle. 

The jury is still out on the broadcast network add on package...

Regards
Craig
 
 
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