Comments on: TV Everywhere is Comcast and Time Warner’s answer to free Internet video

By: Leaked Email: Quincy Smith Wants To Counter “Reckless Hulu Streams”

Leaked Email: Quincy Smith Wants To Counter “Reckless Hulu Streams” — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:55:29 +0000

[...] TV shows for free. The panelists in the article also praise the cable industry’s proposed TV Everywhere model which will make TV shows and movies available online only to consumers who are already existing [...]

By: robert

robert — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:53:03 +0000

I agree with the original sentiment of “being forced”

… as in
– I only want to pay for or watch about 12 channels but I have to get 512 just to get those. I hope the cable industry is aware that the model angers a lot of folks and that the industry can move to a la carte offerings. Hulu allows me to watch only the shows I care about and I’m happy to watch the ads, I even patronize the advertiser at times.

– as in … it feels like a death grip on a changing business model. Don’t fight the internet. It’s just like fighting your customers. While it’s nice there is a move to make content more accessible, there’s still the package confusion. But, the upside is apparent in this effort. It’s not an immediate trust situation considering, well a lot of things.

– as in … cable tv providers don’t really own any content, they currently deliver content and they should strive to get better at doing so. In some cases this may mean interesting deals like the one above, in others it may mean succumbing to the notion that maybe a cable company is more like an electric company — a utility and not a content company at all.

Just some thoughts.

By: CBS latest to join Comcast OnDemand Online lineup

CBS latest to join Comcast OnDemand Online lineup — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:00:44 +0000

[...] I don’t think it’s a stretch anymore to say that Comcast’s latest venture into online video is a off to a good start. CBS is the latest network to join the impressive lineup which also [...]

By: Simmer

Simmer — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:09:27 +0000

Why? Because you think you deserve something for nothing?

I think Comcast’s customer service sucks. I think what they charge is way too high. I think their quasi-monopoly is ridiculous. I think that if I pay for a subscription, I should be able to do what I want with what that subscription delivers to me. And I think I should be able to access the things I’ve subscribed to from anywhere I am.

But I don’t think it should be free … real people in a huge variety of positions work real hours to produce the things that are being delivered to me. They deserve to benefit from their efforts, don’t they?

Now, you can argue that you don’t like the quality of what they produce. Fine. Make your own, or watch YouTube. Better, allow a number of companies to find multiple ways to deliver ever-expanding (or ever-more-niche-specific) types of content. Breaking the monopoly is good. Pretending that all of this doesn’t require the beneficiary/consumer to pay something is stupid.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:54:46 +0000

Lindsay that is great you are here to answer questions.

I, like many here just pay for Internet and limited local cable($50 a mont); Mac Mini connected to LCD TV use wireless hand-held mouse as remote. I would like to see online TV packages where Comcast lets me buy access to premium Fancast.

Is this in the works and will there be different packages; a la carte options? I will never subscribe to cable TV again, as I have no need for it anymore and always disliked having to pay for things I don’t watch(see value in).

thnx

By: Miles

Miles — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:21:37 +0000

Anger… rising…

squeezing.. stress-ball..

blood-pressure… through.. the.. freaking.. roof.

By: SIMPLEROBB.COM

SIMPLEROBB.COM — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:01:36 +0000

Nice try guys. When will they learn.

By: Morgan Warstler

Morgan Warstler — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:38:29 +0000

Lynsey I agree with you – but please get your guys writing up a BOXEE app so that anyone who has TV Everywhere, can watch it all on Boxee.

Much thanks.

By: Lynsey Silvesti

Lynsey Silvesti — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:21:33 +0000

jeadly, Lynsey from Comcast here. This isn’t about forcing anything on consumers, this is about making great cable network content — that isn’t yet available online — available to Comcast video subscribers wherever they want to view it (on their computer, on the TV, and so on) giving consumers more choices.

The Bits Blog post here: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/why-the-comcast-time-warner-deal-blass-open-tv/

touches on this.

By: John Tulliver

John Tulliver — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:34:20 +0000

If they wanted to, they could force the studios to shut Hulu down. They hold the purse strings to a BIG portion of Hollywood’s revenues from TV. I don’t think they’ll try and kill Hulu but this will probably change how Hulu operates.

By: jeadly

jeadly — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:04:41 +0000

Anyone else worried about an industry “forcing” consumers instead of attracting them?

By: Chacha

Chacha — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:48:11 +0000

I guess then if you don’t pay for cable they would let you in if you pay for a reduced membership for online access? Or is it just a better model to make people pay for the whole package?