[opendtv] Re: FCC: Chairman Wheeler comment on Dish-Sinclair dispute
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 01:40:04 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
The FCC does not have the authority to change this,
The FCC managed to get the parties to agree, Craig, and that's all the
authority he needed. I posted that article only to show you what the 1992 act
was meant for, Craig.
But more to the point. The FCC has no mandate to re-create an unnecessary and
irrelevant set of rules, duplicating the 1992 act, over the Internet. Wheeler
has all the authority he needs to NOT duplicate that act over the Internet.
In short, cut out the non-neutral middleman, and you've eliminated the
possibility of this blackout.
Station are already present on your neutral network. Problem
is they do not have the rights to make the content people want
to watch available - the content owners hold that card.
I've covered all of that. The content owners are the *only ones* that matter.
As people drop their linear service, the content owners are taking steps. Only
Craig seems unable to grasp this reality.
The card that Sinclair is playing is obvious to everyone but
you Bert. The start of football season is just weeks away,
And I'm so glad to not have football games getting in the way of my prime time
viewing.
The issue is getting that content onto the neutral pipe in the
first place.
Once again, the content owners have been doing this on their own, Craig, even
ESPN. There's no need for govt coercion.
There would be no reason for such agreements if the content
owners and their affiliates adopted your business model.
They HAVE BEEN, Craig. HBO Now, Sling TV, same to come with Showtime and
others, Amazon Prime, Netflix, all obvious examples of content owners, who
previously guarded their content inside garden walls, having broken out of
these walls. Yes, ESPN has learned they have to tighten their belt. That's how
competition works.
I feel no compulsion to perpetuate the bad old ways. Technology has moved on.
No need to perpetuate old business models.
Bert
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