[opendtv] Re: TV Programmers Put Subscriber Caps on Skinny Bundles | Media - Advertising Age

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 00:40:51 +0000

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

As we have seen already a few times, these owners change their minds
when reality strikes. Leslie Moonves did, for instance.

Fascinating. Just who do you think is imposing the caps on the skinny
bundles Bert.

Who are these? The very same people who will stop imposing those caps, as soon
as they notice that the caps reduce their viewership of their own content. Like
I said, Craig, these people change their minds. Moonves even explained this to
us, admitting that he was very much opposed to Internet distribution just a
couple of years ago.

The Internet works AGAINST attempts to foster oligopolies, Craig. Whereas
walled garden old-school MVPD nets are the perfect environment for oligopolies.
These CEOs are discovering this fact, as demonstrated many times just in this
past year.

You keep trying to convince us that a one or two percent change is
earth shaking,

I only need to remind you how you missed the significance of HDTV, until it was
just way too obvious for even you to ignore? Same thing here, Craig.

Bert



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