 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5
1 edit | VIACOM - don't be STUPID - keep your sites open Dear VIACOM,
If you block TWC and BrightHouse from your sites, you are doing very dumb things --
1. You are driving viewers to competitors' programs and websites, reducing your viewer loyalty. What is your programming worth if customers stop wanting it?
2. You are severing the remaining "end-run" channel you have between yourselves and TWC/BrightHouse customers. Your best hedge against bad-faith bargaining is the ability to perform an end-run to the customers.
3. You are missing an opportunity to raise ad rates. If the only way to watch The Daily Show is on your website, you can demand top-dollar from your website advertisers. The Daily Show advertisers can't bypass you by advertising with the operators.
4. You are encouraging people to turn to non-paying or lesser-paying avenues to get your programming.
SO, DON'T BE STUPID. I really don't care about who wins this fight. My motive here is to show that the power of the Internet is how it creates a level playing field. By keeping your websites open, then you're not at the mercy of a monopolist Cable-TV operator.
(However, if you do close your websites to TWC/BrightHouse Internet users, you can expect that they will show you that they're not at the mercy of you, either.)
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Robb Topolski -= funchords.com =- Hillsboro, Oregon -- KJ7RL
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5. You are violating the principals of net-neutrality. Perhaps the FCC should get involved and fine them $3 / year for each IP address that is blocked. |
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wev567
join:2006-02-25
Pittsburgh, PA | reply to funchords
Didn't TWC say something about Viacom raising cable rates for content they give away for free online? |
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what is the principals of net-neutrality? Since when is Net Neutrality even in place?
And by the way they're not slowing content down or anything. they're fully blocking and if you don't like it change providers. That's easy. Or maybe tell TWC to pay the rate increase and offer to have your bill raise to get the content. |
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | reply to viagreedy
said by viagreedy :
You forgot -
5. You are violating the principals of net-neutrality. Perhaps the FCC should get involved and fine them $3 / year for each IP address that is blocked.
Viacom can't violate NN any more than you or I can from our homes.
Even though it's not the common NN problem, the specter of "delay, degrade, deny" deals like NN advocates worry about suddenly seem to appear here!
Internet Access Providers ought to be making deals with subscribers to connect them to the Internet. If their deal with Viacom has any Internet-related component to it, it ought to be examined!
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Robb Topolski -= funchords.com =- Hillsboro, Oregon -- KJ7RL
What you do at Christmas does not matter so much; What counts are the Christmas things you do all year through. |
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Common negotiation tactic. Cable companies also claim that because local stations are freely receivable over the air that they shouldn't be charged to redistribute them.
FCC rules say differently. |
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