[opendtv] Re: CBS Affiliates Board, Network Agree on All Access OTT Terms | Broadcasting & Cable

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 23:28:56 +0000

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

> And now you are so far into Les Moonves head that you can predict what
> he will do years in the future. You really are amazing!

It's fairly obvious the way things will go, Craig, as that 2012 article from 
The Guardian also described. If not Moonves, then others before him, and he 
will be following suit.

> Of course. As long as you are reading the Tarot cards ANYTHING is
> possible.

Getting ready to be blindsided by these changes AGAIN, Craig?

> If the transmitters are turned off, what value do affiliates have
> for CBS?

??? What value do the affiliates have for CBS All Access, Craig? They provide 
the local content and they are the source of the "live" streams to the ISPs. In 
other words, they keep the same CBS presence online as CBS has OTA. As opposed 
to something like Netflix, HBO, or HGTV, which are not market-specific TV 
sources. (I don't know whether the broadcasters will also be distributing video 
servers at edges of ISP nets, topologically speaking, but that could be another 
role.)

> You are the one who keeps telling us they don't need middlemen -
> especially middlemen that don't pay them for the content.

We don't need OBSOLETE middlemen, who add no value, of course. We need 
middlemen relevant to the new technology. Why do I have to repeat the obvious?

> But they ARE getting subscriber fees from more than 100 million
> MVPD homes, and from CBS All Access NOW.

And they are losing some of these loyal, faithful, do-as-you're-told 
subscribers, as we speak. So, they could just become another subscription-only 
channel, of course. If they do, they will know that other channels will replace 
them as bread and butter everyone-has-access-to-them TV content sources.

> Despite your claims that you have access to tons of content, the
> reality is that the trend is toward paying for live first run
> content and program archives.

Chuckles. Remember how you predicted that OTA TV was only going to be for 
reruns, and no high value content? How many years ago was that, Craig? Decades?

Bert

 
 
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