Once upon a time, Brian J. Murrell <[email protected]> said: > The video streaming wars are this years version of last years cable > channel bundling. Everyone knows the game the cablecos play where they > bundle 14 channels of crap with one channel that people actually want > and because it's 15 channels, hey, well that's going to cost > $20.99/mo., you know, because you are getting 15 channels! Oh, no, > sorry, no way to get just that one channel you want for just it's cost. > You need to buy all 15.
Most of that is at the behest of the content providers, like Disney. Want to carry Disney Movies? You have to carry ESPN-U in the same package. So... now those very same content providers are trying to cut out the middle-man of the linear TV (cable, sat, IPTV) providers, and recreate the same bundling. -- Chris Adams <[email protected]>
