[opendtv] Re: TV Technology: Ooyala Sees OTT as Gateway to Broadcast’s Future
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 02:01:38 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
TVE has nothing to do with geographic restrictions. It is available
to DBS subscribers who may reside anywhere in the U.S., and it is
available to subscribers of any MVPD limited by geographic
restrictions.
TVE is *always* limited by geography, and also limited to those who have
installed the proprietary infrastructure of the MVPD.
Certainly true for any cabled MVPD. It's also true for DBS, for those who
cannot receive DBS. We've been over this dozens of times at least. Apartment
dwellers, or even separate family home dwellers who live where the elevation
angle to the satellite is small, may not have access to DBS. You have huge
trees next to your property, DBS may not be an option. You live in an apartment
facing N or E (along the East Coast), or N and W (West Coast), or you live in
the lower floors of apartment buildings in congested environments, along either
coast, DBS may not be an option. You live in a home next to a high-rise
building, you may not have a DBS option. DBS is limited by geography because it
is limited to LOS. You can't count on skip, as you can OTA.
The point being, there is simply no need for this restriction anymore. If an
article says that OTT is the future, I can agree easily. If it says that MVPDs
are following that path, I've seen no evidence. Not yet. Although I'm sure it's
coming.
The whole point of TVE is to enhance a MVPD subscription,
Yes, and to subtract from the Internet experience. If you are an MVPD
subscriber, already connected and renting their proprietary equipment, ONLY
THEN will TVE "enhance" anything at all. Otherwise, TVE is simply a scheme to
artificially *limit* Internet use, making it dependent on non-neutral and
locally monopolistic service. Unless you think that adding restrictions is an
enhancement, TVE does not enhance anything at all. OTT does enhance options, on
the other hand, for anyone with broadband, anywhere in the US, and possibly
also anywhere in the world.
While there is some logic in divorcing TVE from a MVPD
subscription, the alternative is to pay for each service
ala carte, ala CBS All Access.
There are tons of alternatives. One or two sites may even go ahead and offer
exactly the same formula as they do over their proprietary network, for those
who bemoan the lack of bloated bundles. CBS All Access is a super example of a
conglom going it alone. Sling TV is a super example of a very slim bundle, not
totally limited to just one conglom. Any number of other options can be made
available.
Bert
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