Monty Solomon posted:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-08-08/who-killed-the-great-american-cable-tv-bundle
Competition and greed. Totally predictable, when multiple competitive portals
become available to distribute content, as opposed to the single monopoly pipe.
Pundits had said as much years ago. It’s not even a question of “accomplices.”
The reality is, consumers gave them no choice.
(Of course, our FCC Chairman is trying to change all that, by taking consumer
choice away. His “new business models.”)
And, Netflix Schmetflix. If it hadn’t been Netflix, it would have been Hulu,
Sony Vue, or someone else. Why is it so hard to get? Replace a monopoly pipe
with multiple sources on the neutral telecoms, and it’s a whole new game.
It says the networks are taking the shows back from Netflix and setting up
their own OTT sites. Exactly!! It’s still not back to 40 years ago.
It says the MVPDs are just raising prices to keep the legacy MVPD model and
income stream going.. Exactly why cord cutting is accelerating still!
The Internet gradually gained in performance, to where it can now carry TV
streams. So, just as Vint Cerf said years ago during an IETF meeting, as soon
as Internet performance becomes adequate to carry a new type of service, the
Internet becomes the dominant medium for that service. This is now unfolding
for TV. No need to point fingers at individuals, as if it’s someone’s “fault.”
It was bound to happen, one way or another.
Well, until the FCC became corrupt. Luckily, the tenure of corrupt officials is
limited too.
Bert
