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Re: Content owners refuse to get rid of middleman How is HBO or Time Warner Inc double dipping? They are only getting subscription fees for HBO subscribers, they are not charging fees to the subscribers that watch online.
Or do you think Time Warner Cable is still part of Time Warner Inc? They are not, and have not been for a long time now.
And if you read this article, you would see that Verizon FIOS actually gets the new Max Go even before Time Warner Cable does. |
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cacoPremium
join:2005-03-10
Whittier, AK
1 edit | TW the media company owns HBO. So lets say you have Fios and you are paying for HBO. Now HBO come in a says to VZ hey will let you subs and only your subs to get HBO GO for x price, Verizon pays even thought they already pay x amount per subscriber for HBO the channel. So basically HBO is double dibbing since VZ is just going to pass that cost of offering HBO GO to their subscribers. No such thing as free in real world.
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | It's not really double dipping, it's offering an additional service for a fee. Businesses up-sell their services all of the time. Charging the ISP to serve you and then turning around and charging you for that service would be more akin to double dipping. |
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