[opendtv] Re: Internet TV business model changes
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 23:23:48 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>> You've got it backwards, Craig. It is the content OWNER that is
>> blocking distribution of content in the US, or elsewhere.
> Yes Bert, it IS the content owners doing the blocking to protect
> their ability to license their content in each country. I never
> said otherwise.
Sorry, Craig, but you did say otherwise. You claimed that these foreign
countries would block US TV network content distribution:
Here is the exchange:
You said:
"And forget about the International distribution - these rights are tightly
controlled, with the broadcasters and MVPDs in each country paying for
exclusive distribution rights."
And I said:
"What are the countries going to do, Craig? Block the Internet?"
And you said:
"Absolutely!"
Wrong, Craig. With the exception of China and North Korea, those doing the
blocking are the content owners. Therefore, if NBC or anyone else want to
transmit their stuff overseas on the Internet, they could do so whenever they
please. The "distribution rights" you alluded to were primarily for the CONTENT
OWNER'S BENEFIT. If the content owner sees additional opportunities opening up
with direct Internet distribution, perhaps in addition to the dubbed
programming already being delivered by local MVPDs, it's only their decision to
take it.
> The problem Bert, is that you disagree with the business model the
> content owners have been using for decades. Yes, technology will
> support other business models. So what?
New technologies bring about new opportunities, and have a way of making old
models obsolete. You seem to be trying incredibly hard to convince me that the
local neighborhood theater actors will continue to have a steady job, after the
movie industry is launched. And I'm telling you that's not the case.
The content owners continue to hold all the cards. They always do. The question
has never been whether the content owners hold all the cards, Craig. The only
question is, when will they divest themselves of middlemen they don't need
anymore, and/or when will these middlemen reorganize the services they offer to
these content owners?
Bert
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