[opendtv] Re: Moonves: We're Willing to Talk to Aereo | Broadcasting & Cable
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:11:14 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> Did you really expect a different outcome?
Actually, yes. I think the six Supreme Court justices that voted against Aereo
are a bit like the very, very many people out there who seem unable to grasp
the concept of TV watching as another form of web browsing. We've talked about
this in the past. It's an odd mental block, which makes people think that
AppleTV or Roku, and their ilk, are fantastic innovations that TV must have to
move forward.
How many articles like that have we seen in the recent past with the same
inexplicable myopia?
> Get real. The symbiotic relationship between governments and the media is
> the best thing that ever happened to politicians of all stripes. The
> Supremes are not going to enable a free and open market in media - the
> current political system DEPENDS on the media to carry the water for the
> politicians and to shape the culture.
That's doubtful, Craig. You attribute to malice what is clearly a case of utter
cluelessness. I take Aereo as just the first attempt, and not very well
executed at that. Their dime sized antenna pretense was not a good move, and it
backfired. But trying to stop progress is ultimately a losing battle, every
single time.
Also, Moonves and the rest might discover before long that 90 percent of their
audience is no longer watching from MVPDs and that a growing number are
actually using the Internet sites they already provide. Or is he unaware of
those? Read the article and tell me where there's a hint of the networks' own
web sites.
Bert
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