[opendtv] Re: Court Tosses FCC's 'Net Neutrality' Rules
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 02:21:52 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> But the deep pockets I am talking about are the ones who are currently
> unable to break the existing content and distribution oligopolies.
> Companies like Amazon, Apple and Google, or to a more limited extent,
> Intel and Microsoft (although it looks like Intel has already given up
> on TV).
Oh, those deep pockets. Yes, essentially you're talking about adding competing
new OTT sites. I'm very much against the idea of equipment makers creating
artificial walled gardens, by limiting their devices to only their portals. But
in principle, you may be suggesting only that the Intels and the Microsofts
create their own, competing OTT sites. Which anyone can use. If the latter,
sure, why not?
The existing MVPDs could ALSO re-invent themselves that way. Convert their
channel lineup into what amounts to OTT sites, available for subscription by
anyone with a broadband connection. Compete against all the other MVPDs,
everywhere. And in a subsequent step, free up all that bandwidth tied up in the
broadcast streams, and make it available for IP traffic.
I'm sure the content owners will insist on all manner of geoblocking, for
international markets, but imagine the possibilities. The main problem I see is
the "vicious cycle of greed" that such potentially wonderful new schemes like
these seem to engender. Always prevalent when TV is in the picture, not nearly
as much with radio.
Bert
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