[opendtv] Re: Migration to Internet-delivered TV
- From: Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 20:19:42 -0500
Craig wrote:
> Correct. It cannot handle the load today for a total switchover.
> Your response is that the infrastructure is keeping up with demand.. This is
> also correct.
The infrastructure can handle the load as fast as the switchover can
realistically occur, Craig, just as it has been keeping up with demand for all
the new streaming options that people have had, and used, in the past several
years. You aren't going to get all MVPDs switching over on the same instant,
Craig. And there's no way, not today, that it would take another 10 years out
of necessity. It might take another 10 or 20 or more years, but not out of
necessity for infrastructure reasons.
> So bottom line, the real issue is the rate of evolution to an all IPTV
> infrastructure via the Internet. Here we strongly disagree, as you think cord
> cutting is massive, despite the fact that I keep posting articles that
> confirm
> that it is still minimal.
It's not massive yet, but it has been persistent enough that several of the
MVPDs and several of the TV networks have already taken action. I think that
says something right there. No one is sitting on his hands, not even ESPN.
> The main reason you feel this way is that you never shopped at the "TV
> stores"
> where 95% of U.S. TV viewers shop. You were satisfied with what you could get
> for free.
Hardly 95 percent, Craig. TV viewers are finding it very easy to shop at Hulu
and Netflix, at YouTube, and so on. That's why even if outright cord cutting is
not yet huge, cord shaving is quite a bit larger. TV content does not require
the old style MVPD live broadcast distribution, and people have figured it out.
> Because you argue out of both sides of your mouth. HDTV is a fait accompli,
> yet
> you are not interested enough in that level of quality to pay for it.
I never argue out of both sides of my mouth, Craig. That's most definitely your
specialty.
Even when I'm watching OTA TV, for news and so on, I watch a mix of SD and HD.
So the fact that I watch SD has no bearing at all on this discussion. The fact
is, HD was never intended to be niche, and it has not been niche ever since
HDTV set prices fell below, say, $1000-$1200. Which happened eons ago. All of
the developed world has had HD as a mainstream product for a very long time
now, Craig. And there's a lot of HD on free ad-supported TV.
You have this funny way of constantly coming back to the fact that I watch free
ad-supported TV, as if that were some kind of problem. On the contrary, it is
people like you, who feel obliged to pay over and above the ads you are forced
to watch, that are the cause for the rapidly rising MVPD prices. So you're part
of the problem, Craig, as I've repeated many times now, not me.
Bert
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