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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
10/27/2016 12:18:08 AM
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Re: It's happening
What you note as "Interesting" may in fact be detrimental to customer and customer choice--at the heart of the challenge that is before regulators.   But even the major players have challenges--for instance Google Fiber (that I was looking forward to seeing here in Southern California) has scaled back--which means that being "big" is not necessarily being better....

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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
10/27/2016 12:18:07 AM
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Re: It's happening
What you note as "Interesting" may in fact be detrimental to customer and customer choice--at the heart of the challenge that is before regulators.   But even the major players have challenges--for instance Google Fiber (that I was looking forward to seeing here in Southern California) has scaled back--which means that being "big" is not necessarily being better....

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batye
batye
10/27/2016 12:14:28 AM
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Re: It's happening
@mpouraryan :) it not gonna be simple nor easy - but interesting :) 

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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
10/27/2016 12:06:55 AM
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Re: It's happening
Thanks as always @batye for your perspective--the roadmap is pretty challenging right now.  What I found especially interesting is how AT&T is repositioning DirectTV with the 100-Channel Offering.   It is going to get even more challenging.

 

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batye
batye
10/26/2016 9:31:27 PM
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Re: It's happening
@mpouraryan interesting point, but it life in IT field/technology... but it would be interesting to see how everything get played out...

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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
10/26/2016 5:06:27 PM
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Re: It's happening
Without getting too political due to the nature of our discourse, what I was driving at is this:  No matter who's elected, they (Time Warner/AT&T) will face an intense regulatory scrutiny and the current Admisntraiton has been adamant about not approving things either over the last few years.    It will be fascinating to be witness to--no doubt. 

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elizabethv
elizabethv
10/26/2016 4:56:16 PM
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Re: It's happening
@mpouraryan - I agree it isn't over just yet. And I truly hope this gets nixed. Though I have little doubt in either potential POTUS candidates holding up their word after election. Right now they are both known to be less than honest, and both are worried about potentially losing. I could see them promising each of us a 10k check if they thought even a small fraction of voters would believe it. It's not a surprise that the plan is to lobby, and now we wait and see if their efforts are successful. Maybe the current POTUS will shut this whole thing down before one the other two even get in office. 

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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
10/26/2016 4:39:07 PM
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Re: It's happening
What we all need to realize is that it is not a "done deal" by any means--and from all that I have seen over the last three days, everyone seems to be against it.    Bigger does not necessarily mean better--and the challenges being faced will be profound.   Today's NY Times underscored how AT&T plans to go after this--with a massive lobbying effort.  But both @POTUS candidates have already come out against it--and Congress is up in arms.   So, both have a fight on their hands.  

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elizabethv
elizabethv
10/25/2016 4:41:48 PM
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Re: It's happening
@mpouraryan - I think it definitely creates challenges for start-ups and up-and-comers. Similar to Walmart. These brands get so massive they make it impossible for the "little" guys to survive. And the same "store economics" doesn't apply for the larger brands like it does the smaller brands. You can have a location that makes next to nothing, when you're a corporation, because you're heavy hitting stores make up for the loss in profit from the smaller stores. In the end, for a corporation/mega-corporation somethings will just all come out in the wash. "Mom-and-Pop" stores don't have that kind of convenience. They can't have a store that just doesn't make money and still expect to be profitable at the end of the year. The same goes for telco, you can create an OTT that has hundreds of titles, and some may only be watched by a small section of your total audience, but having those titles makes you more appealing to a larger audience. So even if you technically lose money by offering some titles or channels, you can make up for it with your heavy hitters. Newer, smaller OTT services can't offer such things. 

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elizabethv
elizabethv
10/25/2016 4:37:08 PM
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Re: It's happening
@JohnBarnes - I've had the same thoughts, that more than likely talks have been going on for some time, it just wasn't anything that was ever made public. Sending a few emails back and forth and maybe having a teleconference or two likely wouldn't initially raise any eyebrows anyway, and if everyone involved was told to keep their mouth shut about discussions, this isn't something I could see anyone "whistle-blowing" early. 

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