[opendtv] Re: Content Distribution Getting Cloudy (DECE UltraViolet)
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:22:51 -0500
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> These are not channels Bert, they are pipes, or distribution platforms
> if you like.
Exactly. What used to be delivered via dedicated "channels" is no longer
delivered that way.
> Channels offer linear programming;
No, you are confusing "live streaming" with "channels."
For example, I can watch France 24 as a live stream, either over the Internet
or over OTA Ch 30-7, in the DC market. OTA Channel 30-7 is functionally no
different from whatever b/s are dedicated to France 24 live stream over my ISP
pipe. It's that simple. Both pipes are agnostic as to content. Once upon a
time, the OTA pipe would have been a dedicated "channel."
Now sure, the Internet pipe may also have storage upstream, allowing for
non-live viewing. OTA and DBS pipes have the storage on your premises instead.
Again, functionally, it's not much different anymore.
> They generally do a large amount of cross promotion for other
> programs that are available on THAT channel.
Not true. For example, the OTA pipe used by the CW network in DC also provides
ThisTV movie channel. The OTA pipe used by the Fox network in Baltimore
provides ThisTV movie channel in Baltimore.
In both cases, it is the owner of that small slice of spectrum that decides
what mix of content to transmit, exactly the sort of thing DBS would do, and
also exactly the sort of thing an "over the top" Internet TV service would do.
> Frankly my dear Bert, viewers don't give a damn about the broadcast
> networks anymore!
Is it just me? I find it humorous how many years you've been repeating this,
and yet they are still going strong. But the fact is, that point is irrelevant.
As we have already discussed, most of the major TV networks don't own but very
few of their own OTA stations anyway. The pipes that do deliver that content
OTA also deliver content that is totally unrelated, and that is by design.
Bert
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