[opendtv] Re: Painful explanation of TVE
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 07:54:12 -0500
On Mar 8, 2016, at 3:40 AM, Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Craig wrote:
Please inform yourself before making an ass out of yourself again...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Everywhere
Quote a single sentence in that link that contradicts anything I've written
about TVE, Craig. Just one sentence.
I could write a book Bert. You are wrong on so many levels. The most important
is that the MVPDs DO NOT operate TVE servers; they are operated by the content
owners.
The customers in a Comcast neighborhood, a Cox neighborhood, a Dish
neighborhood and a Verizon FIOS neighborhood all access the SAME TVE servers
for the channels they pay for.
False again, Craig. Read slowly. You still haven't grasped this:
The bundles are not identical, in the different MVPDs. The amount you pay is
not identical, for bundles from different MVPDs. The number of TVE programs
the MVPD has negotiated the rights to transmit over IP, are not identical.
THEREFORE, your statement above is false. The TVE choices you have are not
exactly the same, at the same price, as the guy subscribed to a different
MVPD.
The construction of the bundles is IRRELEVANT. Subscribers get access to the
companion channels they pay for. Thus a Dish Sling subscriber only has access
to a limited number of TVE servers, while I have access to a large number of
servers.
The MVPDs DO NOT have anything to do with the TVE servers - the only
negotiation they have with the content owners is whether to support TVE at all.
This requires that the set up an authentication server that interacts with the
TVE servers operated by each content owner. TVE bits "may" travel over their
wires...or not. If I access TVE at home it uses my Cox broadband service. If I
access on my phone when away from home the bits travel across my AT&T data
service.
As for prices, there is no charge for TVE. The prices paid for MVPD service may
vary from one company to another, however, by your own admission, they tend to
track very closely.
What is truly amazing is that it looks like you did not even read the Wiki
article. You would have found all kinds of detail that supports your position.
The simple fact is, the MVPD provides authentication and fee collection
services. There is NO TECHNICAL REASON why these services need to be
neighborhood dependent. None. The only excuse becomes a legacy franchise
agreement excuse, which can be updated at the stroke of a pen.
What has this got to do with the discussion?
Neither of the services you mention are neighborhood dependent - they are
"industry dependent." DirecTV, Dish, and Dish Sling are not neighborhood
dependent.
What you are taking in excruciating pains to ask for, is for the content owners
to BYPASS the MVPDs and offer access to their TVE servers on an ala carte basis.
Guess what? SOME DO!
CBS All Access offers a comparable experience to the CBS TVE App that I can
use. You can buy it for $6/mo.
HBO Now is identical to the HBO Go TVE service. YOU can pay $15/mo for HBO Now.
I can do that, or pay Cox for HBO and access HBO Go.
Now do you see what I meant by the subject line?
Yup. You have brought much pain to your explanation, and you're wrong about
almost everything you wrote.
In an earlier message in this thread you wrote:
The reason for the restrictions imposed on TVE is as a last-ditch attempt to
maintain the legacy MVPD local monopoly structure, in the Internet era.
You are more correct here than in the rest of your assertions, but are still
"missing the forrest for the trees..."
Clearly TVE is an attempt to preserve the legacy MVPD models, both the local
and national versions. There is no question that content is moving to the
Internet and that people want anywhere anytime access to the content they are
paying for.
As for "last ditch," I believe you are trying to support your belief that the
Internet will make live linear TV channels unnecessary, and that MVPD bundles
will disappear.
I strongly disagree with both. MVPD bundles will continue to be the way most
people access live linear networks, and even as these streams move from QAM to
IP transport they are likely to be provided as in-band services via DBS
satellites, hybrid fiber/coax and FIOS system.
These bundles will be supplemented by SVOD bundles like Netflix, HBO Now, and
Hulu Plus, and CBS All Access. And there will be some ad supported free
services. Whether we ever get to affordable ala carte delivery of live linear
remains to be seen. We have expensive ala carte today with iTunes and Amazon
for some content. I'm betting that bundles will remain the norm.
Finally, it is clear that the FCC is actively working to preserve the monopoly
structure of the TV industry.
Regards
Craig
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