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Tech Transitions, Video, and the Future

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Re: Tech Transitions, Video, and the Future

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Post by DonGateley »

MBCook wrote: post #8
DonGateley wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the context of the internet it isn't clear what "linear programming" even means. The concept requires the notion of a channel and what is that for the internet, a URL?

That's an odd argument. First its a government term and second it's right in the article: > So-called linear channels, which offer the viewer a prescheduled lineup of programs, have been the largely exclusive purview of over-the-air broadcasting, cable, and satellite TV. People still do this. Isn't this a perfect description of if someone says that my Twitch stream will be showing me playing again between 4 and 5 PM?…

Without the snide I would have appreciated that clarification.

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Post by thedudemabry »

stevengg wrote: post #9

Sounds more like the FCC wants to regulate the internet

While I was very pleasantly surprised as I read the letter, I had this fleeting thought as well. But although the FCC has been an occasional nuisance in the last 25 years, they naively seem to me to have been a generally good force in broadcast competition.

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Post by vonklaus »

While on the surface this seems positive, I am gravely concerned. When you change the rules to allow OTT transmissions it is possible that this could further solidify FCC control. Claimimg the imternet itself is public airwaves and that it has sole regulatory authority over the matter. Need to learn more than a simple blog post to have the information. Hopefully this is just cynicism, however the FCC has never been a friend. I will beleive it has changed when it allows broadband competition (actual infrastructure development) and unfettered access to the WWW.

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Post by smutticus »

vonklaus wrote: post #13

While on the surface this seems positive, I am gravely concerned. When you change the rules to allow OTT transmissions it is possible that this could further solidify FCC control. Claimimg the imternet itself is public airwaves and that it has sole regulatory authority over the matter. Need to learn more than a simple blog post to have the information. Hopefully this is just cynicism, however the FCC has never been a…

This is just the commissioner starting a process to identify rules. This is the beginning of a long process to try and figure something out about OTT content.

"Specifically, I am asking the Commission to start a rulemaking proceeding in which we would modernize our interpretation of the term “multichannel video programming distributor” (MVPD) so that it is technology-neutral."

If you have opinions about what kinds of rules should be developed, then send them a comment.

I'm not quite sure what you mean when you say "solidify FCC control." The Internet is of course a global network, but the FCC already has tremendous regulatory authority over the Internet in the USA. They don't exercise much of that authority, and that's largely what the network neutrality debate is about.

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