[opendtv] Re: With Disney's Move to Streaming, a New Era Begins
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 08:15:33 -0400
On Aug 12, 2017, at 8:15 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
You're wrong again, Craig. Read the article again. Oh, and I forgot to
mention Fox wanting to set up its own OTT site, and Comcast obtaining the
rights to stream more and more content.
All from within walled PAY TV gardens Bert.
I did read the article on Discovery buying Scripps again. There was no mention
of going direct. Lot's of talk about new opportunities, international
expansion, and a $350 million reduction in operating costs.
FX is setting up its own commercial free SVOD service. Good luck with that.
And Comcast is licensing more content that it can stream via its big bundle PAY
TV service.
NONE of these announcement said a thing about pulling out of the traditional
bundles...
Just more stores...
And with all of that, Craig stubbornly sticks to the 40 year old MVPD
formula. Astounding! Hey Craig, did you accept that more than just 4% of TV
viewing is done from the Internet? Or are you also still sticking to that too?
When only 4% of TV content was viewed via the internet? Yes.
How would you even know, Craig?
I forgot that you are personal friends with Mr. Skipper, who must be sharing
all of his plans with you.
How do I know?
Because in multiple public statements Skipper and his boss Mr. Igor have told
us that they are NOT going to undermine their cash cow. WHat they have told us
is that they are going to try to add some new ways to make money by developing
some direct to consumer products to COMPLEMENT their big bundle offerings. And
that is EXACTLY what they are doing.
You forget all of these facts the day after you read them. John Skipper has
said on several occasions that different models are possible, when the time
comes, INCLUDING direct to consumer. He also said that a small drop in
viewership, like 10%, is enough to create big changes in how the stuff gets
distributed. I'm sure you can dig this up. Put some effort into this, Craig.
See above.
And you missed it again. The Internet bypasses the single gatekeeper for what
you have access to, Craig. Oh yeah, unless you get your way and have net
neutrality repealed.
It does not bypass the six companies that control almost everything we watch,
be it by antenna, cable, dish, packaged media, SVOD services and ad supported
VMVPD service.
NO WONDER you keep missing what is perhaps the most important new feature.
The Internet is a TELECOM SERVICE, Craig.
Telecommunications is one VERY SMALL application supported by the Internet.
I pay MagicJack about $40/year for VOIP service. I'm paying that much a month
for DirecTV Now, and $87/mo to Cox for the broadband service I need to use both
applications.
Your friends in Congress believe otherwise. They defined the Internet as an
Information service in 1996 and told the FCC to keep their hands off. The FCC
also defined ISP service as an information service for several decades, before
redefining it as a telecommunications services so it can be regulated under
Title II. Even the Supreme Court has ruled that the Internet is an information
service, upholding a 2002 FCC decision to classify cable broadband as an
information service.
This escapes you. It is like the telephone has been for over a century, only
a whole lot more general purpose. It is a two-way pipe available to everyone,
and it can be used for voice, text, graphics, audio, video, what have you.
It is an information service that interconnects digital networks of all kinds.
The interconnections are what make it so valuable. We did not need the FCC to
mandate interconnections as they did - unnecessarily - many decades before with
the early telephone industry. They just use issues like this as an excuse to
regulate.
Naturally, anyone who doesn't understand the importance of guaranteed net
neutrality would miss this. To such a person, the Internet is just like cable
TV.
We all understand the importance of Net Neutrality Bert. It is fundamental to
making it works, and EVERYONE honors this (at least in the U.S.).
What we also understand is that when political agencies of the Federal
government start picking winners and losers and managing competition, we all
lose.
Regards
Craig
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