ESPN Content on your Verizon Phone Exclusive deal offered for mobile programming If you’re interested in getting all of the latest up-to-date news from ESPN through your mobile phone, you’re going to have to make sure that you’re a Verizon customer because the two companies have just entered into a multi-year agreement which gives Verizon exclusive rights to unique ESPN wireless content. TMC.net explains that “Verizon Wireless subscribers who sign up for V CAST services will gain exclusive access to a range of ESPN content choices, including Mobile ESPN” which “offers real-time sports news, scores and information; personalization for favorite teams; scoring alerts and video.” With the launch of Verizon’s mobile TV and the availability of ESPN’s On Demand mobile video, sports fans can have up-to-date sports footage with them at all times.
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 | | Net neutrality will kill this Or at least force verizon to open up their network to competitors. The fact that "Verizon Mobil TV" is a lock in product, would violate the rules for net neutrality, as ANY competitor would be allowed to provide video on demand to a verizon user. That would force verizon to stop cancelling accounts based on too much usage.
So yes, verizon, do this. It will come back to haunt you.
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|  | | | Re: Net neutrality will kill this said by karlmarx:Or at least force verizon to open up their network to competitors. The fact that "Verizon Mobil TV" is a lock in product, would violate the rules for net neutrality, as ANY competitor would be allowed to provide video on demand to a verizon user. That would force verizon to stop cancelling accounts based on too much usage. So yes, verizon, do this. It will come back to haunt you. The entire cell phone market is full of lock in hardware and software, high costs , forced data plans , forced to buy the x min plan or higher , and more for some things, long contract that even if you are dead are hard to get out of with out paying a fine , and so on. | |
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| Re: Net neutrality will kill this said by Joe12345678:The entire cell phone market is full of lock in hardware and software, high costs , forced data plans , forced to buy the x min plan or higher , and more for some things, long contract that even if you are dead are hard to get out of with out paying a fine , and so on. TracFone; no GSP, no credit check and I can get a new phone and number for $15. Heavy breathing, what are you wearing? | |
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| said by karlmarx:Or at least force verizon to open up their network to competitors. The fact that "Verizon Mobil TV" is a lock in product, would violate the rules for net neutrality, as ANY competitor would be allowed to provide video on demand to a verizon user. That would force verizon to stop cancelling accounts based on too much usage. So yes, verizon, do this. It will come back to haunt you. No porn for you. | |
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| | Shooting Themselves in the Other Foot Since their own hardware/content service recently went down the drain at the end of 2006, because of not knowing how to/whom to market it to, you would think they would be a bit more careful in limiting their target audience again.
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in other words I think cell phones are going to be much like they are now in the minds of average users - for making calls | |
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Sterling Heights, MI | Live content Live and VOD might draw the crowds. Say your on the train and you want to watch the Duke vs North Carolina game. Flip open your phone then tune to ESPN and boom you can watch the game live. | |
| | | | Re: Live content said by Jwobot:Live and VOD might draw the crowds. Say your on the train and you want to watch the Duke vs North Carolina game. Flip open your phone then tune to ESPN and boom you can watch the game live. while your data bill goes sky high | |
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Council Bluffs, IA | Re: Live content said by Joe12345678:said by Jwobot:Live and VOD might draw the crowds. Say your on the train and you want to watch the Duke vs North Carolina game. Flip open your phone then tune to ESPN and boom you can watch the game live. while your data bill goes sky high Actually...if you have the Vcast VPak, you aren't charged for internet usage. | |
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| Re: Lock-in deals ultimately bad for ESPN said by ThrowDemsOut:While these kinds of deals are perfectly legal, and will remain so even if net neutrality laws are passed, ultimately they are bad in the long run for content providers. They cut down the number of potential subscribers to their service. Thats correct. ESPN, and the Walt Disney Company never seem to learn this, and constantly shoot themselves in the foot. However since they are able to extort huge amounts of money for their channels from cable and satellite companies, they always survive their stupidity.
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| | | | | Re: Lock-in deals ultimately bad for ESPN Your "extort huge amounts of money" is key here. By doing this, they can then create market demand from other providers and then create a market price for their content when this deal expires. | |
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