[opendtv] =?utf-8?Q?Re:_[opendtv]_Re:_TV_Technology:_Ooyala_Sees_OTT_as_Ga? =?utf-8?Q?teway_to_Broadcastâs_Future?Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2016 02:56:03 -0500
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mar 4, 2016, at 9:01 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
TVE is *always* limited by geography, and also limited to those who have
installed the proprietary infrastructure of the MVPD.
How is it limited by geography Bert?
A. Can I access TVE via the DSL in your home if I visit?
B. Can I access TVE if I am vacationing in Alaska?
C. Can I access TVE if I am vacationing in Germany?
Yes to A & B; No to C.
You are correct that TVE service is tied to a MVPD subscription. That's the
point. You are accessing content you are paying for via the Internet rather
than the infrastructure of the MVPD to which you subscribe. You can also access
it via a broadband pipe operated by your MVPD provider, and some systems "auto
authenticate" when you are accessing via the broadband service delivered to the
same location as the MVPD service.
In most cases, TVE is geoblocked outside the United States due to content
licensing restrictions - the networks want to sell that content in markets
outside the U.S.
Certainly true for any cabled MVPD. It's also true for DBS, for those who
cannot receive DBS.
You are talking about the underlying MVPD subscription Bert, not the TVE
service. Subscribers to Dish Sling are not geographically limited, although
they may be limited by the ability to access a broadband service fast enough to
support OTT streaming. As with facilities based MVPD services, subscribers to
VMVPD services have access to the qualifying TVE services.
We've been over this dozens of times at least. Apartment dwellers, or even
separate family home dwellers who live where the elevation angle to the
satellite is small, may not have access to DBS.
Irrelevant. In most areas they have access to cable or FIOS. The ONLY people in
the U.S. Who cannot access TVE are those who do not have access to broadband.
There are some limits for those who subscribe to Dish Sling, as this service
does not offer many networks that have a parallel TVE service.
The only restriction is that you must be paying for the network through a
(V)MVPD service.
The point being, there is simply no need for this restriction anymore. If an
article says that OTT is the future, I can agree easily. If it says that
MVPDs are following that path, I've seen no evidence. Not yet. Although I'm
sure it's coming.
Your back to the same old mantra Bert.
I agree that we should be able to subscribe to any network offered by a MVPD
service via the Internet. I strongly support the concept of VMVPD services that
are not geo-limited. We're not there yet.
The fact that many MVPD services are geo-limited is due to your beloved
"regulation" Bert. And it is further entrenched by the contracts between the
MVPDs and the content owners.
We can only hope that the FCC comes up with regulations that will enable VMVPD
services and that the content owners will license their content to them. Or
that Congress passes legislation to open up the market to everyone.
Don't hold your breath. There are too many layers of government feasting off
the taxes and fees imposed on MVPD service, and geographic restrictions are
fundamental to this industry.
YOU can't buy health Insurance from a company in Virginia either - it's those
"lines around the states" as a certain Presidential candidate tells us.
The whole point of TVE is to enhance a MVPD subscription,
Yes, and to subtract from the Internet experience.
Only for laggards like you. It enhances MY Internet experience.
Does the fact that you choose NOT to pay for Netflix detract from your Internet
experience Bert?
If you are an MVPD subscriber, already connected and renting their
proprietary equipment, ONLY THEN will TVE "enhance" anything at all.
Not exactly. Yes you need a MVPD subscription. Those folks lucky enough to have
access to the new IP-based MVPD services from Charter and TWC can use a Roku
box, and they have full access to the related TVE services.
You're beginning to sound like Bernie Sanders...
"Boo hoo hoo, it's not fair. All TV should be Free!"
Otherwise, TVE is simply a scheme to artificially *limit* Internet use,
making it dependent on non-neutral and locally monopolistic service.
It does not limit Internet use. You can subscribe to Dish Sling today Bert and
access the related TVE networks you pay for with that VMVPD subscription.
Unless you think that adding restrictions is an enhancement, TVE does not
enhance anything at all. OTT does enhance options, on the other hand, for
anyone with broadband, anywhere in the US, and possibly also anywhere in the
world.
I think that adding the ability to access a service I am paying for is an
enhancement. The fact that my access requires authentication is expected, lest
those who refuse to pay can steal their TV fix.
Perhaps I should just let you "borrow" my authentication credentials Bert. Or
maybe you can ask your daughter in California for hers...
While there is some logic in divorcing TVE from a MVPD
subscription, the alternative is to pay for each service
ala carte, ala CBS All Access.
There are tons of alternatives. One or two sites may even go ahead and offer
exactly the same formula as they do over their proprietary network, for those
who bemoan the lack of bloated bundles. CBS All Access is a super example of
a conglom going it alone. Sling TV is a super example of a very slim bundle,
not totally limited to just one conglom. Any number of other options can be
made available.
Exactly. But these options require something you refuse to do - to pay for
them.
Do we need better options? Obviously. The Ooyala report says that 45% of pay TV
subscribers want aka carte...
Regards
Craig
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