[opendtv] Re: Yahoo TV
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 06:02:48 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
I would have complained bitterly in, say 1996, if I bought a TV set
without NTSC tuner. That's something Apple would do in a heartbeat.
Bragging that the digital standard was the future.
I was comparing NTSC to ATSC with Flash to HTML5/h.264.
NTSC to ATSC was an ordered transition. For PCs, Flash to anything else is also
an ordered transition. PCs are compatible with Flash, as they are with
Silverlight and HTML5, Windows Media, QuickTime, and Real Media. Some of these
are fading fast, others are hanging on, but there's no need to drop THE MOST
popular of all, way prematurely, at the drop of a hat.
Belaboring, belaboring, belaboring.
Obviously FCC mandates played a major role in the DTV transition.
That's true. But over the Internet, we still rely on the good behavior of
device makers. Too bad that many device makers are trying to corral their
customers, building unnecessary obstacles, only to further their personal
gains. Not that there's anything unexpected about such behavior - there is not.
But people need to make it clear they don't like it, rather than be led around
by the nose, completely clueless.
The legacy model of walled garden bundles is not going away. In
fact it is growing, as we see with new SVOD services like Netflix.
Nonsense. I've covered this enough times.
The only accommodation I see is the catch-up sites that provide
delayed access to broadcast network programming
That's because you are unaware of what's available, and that's because you
remain loyally walled in. We have seen ESPN and other conglom content being
made available outside your garden walls, Craig, and many more coming soon.
Sling TV was one early and great example, of a Disney-heavy service, where
Disney was NOT demanding to be in any overly expensive and heavy "the bundle."
Other networks are doing similar things. CBS All Access, HBO and ShowTime
direct to consumers, ESPN already thinking along those lines, not to mention
regional sports networks.
These are all examples of congloms acting independently, which you continue to
miss.
Belaboring, belaboring, belaboring.
Bert
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