[opendtv] Re: Hulu Goes Live On Suddenlink Cable Boxes, But Without CW and Univision Shows
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 00:58:53 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
OTT services do need a device to use the service.
Sure. The device you're watching on. Ever heard of connected TVs? Or watching
TV on a smartphone or on a PC? Separate STBs, or in my case the separate
computer, are only there to provide what the TV set lacks. They are certainly
not mandatory, nor do I have to pay rent to anyone. I went the PC route after
becoming disgusted with the half-baked solutions that exist out there.
So indeed, these schemes, JUST LIKE TVE, have the aim of keeping the faithful
into the monthly rental fees and the MVPD subscription fees. Even for services
that are delivered without the need for these extras. Why is this a hail mary?
Because, to obtain content delivered over the Internet, you are still required
to rent the legacy box and subscribe to the legacy delivery system.
Most people want BOTH.
More and more doubtful. Most people have inertia, and yet only 68%, most recent
figure we have seen, still feel compelled to have both. You are getting to the
point where "most want" is probably already false. Most do, maybe.
Is called contracts for rights Bert.
Whatever, Craig. If I can watch CW and Univision online anyway, the fact that
they aren't available over this proprietary rental box seems counterintuitive.
Just giving me a formula answer doesn't explain anything.
It is easy to argue that were Univision and CW *also* available on this
proprietary rental box, then those who use the proprietary rental box would for
sure be paying retrans consent fees to those two channels. Right? Because they
would have to have the MVPD subscription (and pay the rental fee), and they
might just keep doing so for some time. Contractual rights or not, it seems on
the face of it like another example of "too much greed for their own good."
Bert
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