One of these days *someone* is going to find a way to create a network to compete with ESPN and things will get a lot nicer!
Fox Sports Northwest, out here, gets watched a LOT more than ESPN these days. marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "jp" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] here it come$ > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 02:38:44PM -0500, Larry Yunker wrote: >> <RANT> >> >> Gee, now this (ESPN Live 360) won't make the Cable-Op internet providers >> have an unfair advantage over traditional ISPs! >> >> You have to imagine that the cable-op's are negotiating this "internet >> service" into their network programming agreements with EPSN, whereas if >> you >> are a non-cable-op you will have to pay outright and separate for the >> service and then pass along that fee to all of your subscribers or more >> likely... eat the cost. > > My understanding is that ESPN is the 800 pound gorilla here. You can't > sell non-basic cable if you don't have ESPN. ESPN is reported to get > $4/customer/month from the cable companies for providing the television > programming it does. > > Things like this: > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/business/media/29cable.html happen all > the time where the broadcasters and operators can't agree over money and > threaten to shut off your favorite channels. A cable company might be > persuaded to get espn360 to hedge their position incase they were afraid > of hardball negotiations over their cable channel costs. It wounldn't be > all or nothing with ESPN if they offered espn360. If they can't provide > something, the customers will go straight to dish or directv. I'm not > sticking up for the cable companies here. > > Those participating might also see the Internet as simply a conduit for > proprietary and costly entertainment, which is a travesty in it's own > right. That is something to rant about. > > >> This is another case where a utility is able to abuse its monopoly power >> to >> the disadvantage of a non-utility ISP. The regulated and non-regulated >> portions of a company that engages in internet service need to be forced >> to >> conduct business as arms-length transactions. >> >> For instance... if MegaCableCompany operates as a Cable TV provider and >> operates as an internet provider, the Cable TV provider business unit is >> regulated and enjoys an advantage as a utility, whereas the Internet >> Provider Business Unit is unregulated and operates in an open market. >> The >> Cable TV unit is free to negotiate terms for TV programming from the >> various >> networks. The Internet Unit is free to negotiate terms of service for >> internet related valued-added-services. Whereas, the Cable TV unit >> should >> not be permitted to negotiate terms for unrelated internet services. >> (i.e. >> ESPN Live 360). The CableTV unit as a utility providing TV service >> should >> have no interest in internet valued added services. However, in the >> alternative... if the Cable TV unit were permitted to negotiate terms for >> unrelated internet services, it should be prepared to offer those >> services >> to the open market at the same rate that it charges its own Internet >> Service >> Business Unit!! >> >> Of course.. this argument may sound familiar to some of you... I've made >> this same argument time and time again for the unbundling of network >> elements within the TelCo monopolies. If you sell phone service as a >> utility, your associated unregulated ISP business unit should not enjoy >> preferential pricing with regards to internet transport or internet >> termination. >> >> </RANT> >> >> Larry Yunker >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of RickG >> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 1:57 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: [WISPA] here it come$ >> >> The television content providers are going to bill ISP's? >> Try using ESPN Live 360 and see what it tells you. >> -RickG >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> WISPA Wants You! 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