[opendtv] Re: Apple TV: Eddy Cue on streaming video and TV channels - Nov. 6, 2015

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 03:22:08 +0000

Craig wrote:

There is no single gatekeeper for MVPD bundles either.

Yes there is. The gatekeeper is the MVPD net. Only the MVPD can allow content
to the headend.

But more than 80 million U.S. homes choose to do so.

What is my perennial response to this perennial banality?

He is not going direct to consumer with The CBS network, as All Access
only offers affiliates in selected markets to offer portions of the
CBS live linear programming

He's going it alone in the sense that he is not colluding with other congloms,
to get on the "best" tier. He is only competing against the other congloms
here. He is giving the local broadcaster a role, for the linear stream, and I
fully expect him to offer this in more markets in the future.

And like Netflix, he is adding some exclusive content to
attract subscribers to his bundle.

This is Craig, redefining his words to make it appear like he was always right.
I already said, this is the new definition of bundle. Moonves has always "added
exclusive content" to everything he transmits, Craig, bundled with other
congloms' content or not bundled. This is not like Netflix. Netflix borrows
from all sorts of content owners. CBS All Access is all their stuff.

Apparently the Hollywood Reporter has a different view of
CBS All Access than yours. They are calling it a "digital
subscription VOD platform."

And how do I define it, Craig?

Just the opposite is true. He is still colluding with the
other congloms with the CBS network and other CBS networks
that are only sold via the MVPD bundles.

That's the legacy model, aimed at addicts such as yourself. Those numbers are
declining. You need to grasp the importance of that, or you will continue to
miss what's going on here. CBS All Access is the new model. In the new model,
he goes direct to consumer.

All Access is a bundle WITH dual revenue streams Bert.

Okay, but fewer ads:

http://www.ew.com/article/2014/10/16/cbs-launching-streaming-service

What I understand is that you claimed you started streaming shows
from CBS in 2005, then admitted that you did not dedicate a PC to
this task until 2010,

Just like I thought, Craig. What exactly is contradictory in what I said? Is it
not possible to stream TV to a PC for catch-up, while that PC is not connected
to the TV? I said explicitly that I was doing this for several years **before**
dedicating a PC to the TV. Get it?

The admission that your old PC could not handle h.264 is very
revealing

Yes, but once again, you missed it. The PC was older, not brand new. The
significant point is that your mantra about "extensible" is simply false. Just
because a standard is "extensible" it does not mean the hardware is. Just
because the Internet carries a more CPU or GPU-intensive media stream does not
mean that every device is magically compatible. This is another point I've been
trying to get across for more than a decade. As to PC vs Mac speeds, sorry,
Craig. Try again.

Bert



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