[opendtv] Re: Cox: Hard-wired cable users must soon switch to mini box | Gainesville.com
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 May 2016 06:51:31 -0400
On May 1, 2016, at 10:32 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And your point is?
Obtaining rights to expand to a national footprint matters. With Comcast in
particular there are multiple concerns:
1. They own NBC, and the other congloms are not likely to allow them to expand.
2. They already have a major portion of the market.. The FCC imposed
constraints when they purchased NBC. Both the FCC and the DOJ are unlikely to
allow them to compete for subscribers in other geographic areas.
3. They cannot offer broadband outside their service footprint.
And they are all thinking about gaining more of an Internet presence. It's
not like any of the aforementioned is staunchly anti-innovation. They've all
understood that dropping to 50% of their glory days viewership, which you
continue to ask about, is totally out of the question.
They all are gaining more of an Internet presence. Th all support TV
Everywhere, and now both Dish Sling and Sony PSVue.
The broadcast networks have dropped more than 50% of their viewership, but this
has nothing to do with the Internet. Many of this viewers moved to networks
owned by the congloms like ESPN. These networks have not lost 50% of their
viewers. ESPN is down less than 10% in total homes, and many of the cord
cutters did not watch ESPN.
The sky is falling. We have to move beyond the 40 year old MVPD model, Craig,
and the new model already exists. It's MVPDs becoming OTT sites. MVPDs
behaving like Sling TV, like Amazon, like Netflix, like Hulu, like HBO Now,
Sony Vue. Competing against one another, against CBS All Access, not to
mention cbs.com etc., and all the others who will be entering the field.
Difference being, the cable systems also have the (neutral) broadband access
business in their portfolio, where the others I mentioned don't.
Yup. We've come a long way from a handful of broadcast channels. Each step has
added more viewing options for the public; and increased cost. This step is no
different. Just spreading the wealth out over more options. Many of those
options require a new (and costly) service - broadband. And those legacy MVPDs
are capturing the largest market share...
Go figure.
This has nothing to do with taxation of the Internet. The neutral Internet
access aspect is separate from the OTT service. There's no reason for any
high drama here, especially considering where we are migrating FROM, for
pete's sake.
Believe what you want. Pandora's box has been opened...
Regards
Craig
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