[opendtv] Why would a legacy MVPD block a streaming video service?

From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: OpenDTV Mail List <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 15:04:38 -0400

I already responded to this earlier, but I think may answer needs to be
expanded a bit.

I wrote:

What sense would it make for Cox to block Hulu Live?

And Bert replied:

Are you serious? Think it through real hard, Craig.

So I did. At least 80% of the homes in Gainesville subscribe to a Cox bundle,
with a large percentage of those homes subscribing to both TV and broadband.

Why did I decide to pay more for Cox broadband than the slow DSL service I was
getting from AT&T?

1. The DSL service was slow and subject to peak use period slowdowns;
2. Video streaming was of poor quality and sometimes suffered from buffering
issues;
3. The shift to cloud services and network delivered software updates
benefitted from higher bandwidth;
4. TVEverywhere for VOD works better with the Cox high speed broadband.

Cox clearly benefits from homes that subscribe to both TV and broadband, and
they benefit more when people subscribe to thye higher speed plans.

Does it really make sense to sell someone a high speed service then cripple it?

Regards
Craig

[opendtv] Why would a legacy MVPD block a streaming video service?

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