On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 1:52 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am not going to accept your proposed broadening of my categories. The >> change will not prevent the people you identify from accessing ABC >> programming. They can still watch it on their apartment or dorm cable, when >> the show is broadcast, or 7 days later online for free. I was trying to >> identify the rather small percentage of people who will now not be able >> watch an ABC program the day it is broadcast +7. >> >> > You said "affects," not "completely stops from watching." Nor do any of > your conditions preclude the people who you did say watching it after 7 > days either. > > My broader point is that the TV industry appears to be trying to alienate > an entire generation in the name of short-term profit. As Kevin says, > they're trying to force us back to Mayberry, but I don't think that this is > something that you can reverse because we have grown up being accustomed to > everything on-demand and free or cheap. (Though I concede that cheap is > relative. $2/episode of a show seems like too much for me, but I know that > it won't be for others.) For those of us for whom it isn't cheap enough and > who have just a little bit of know-how, it won't be that hard for us to > find alternate ways of watching that will end up not contributing a cent to > ABC's coffers. > I was trying to identify the sub group of people who now would not be able to watch ABC programs either live when initially broadcast or during the 7 day pay window. I don't think that making tv programs available online for free viewing with only a 7 day delay is really "going back to Mayberry". I think this does qualify as experimenting with how to integrate online viewing into their business model. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
