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clrmoney
clrmoney
2/22/2017 2:35:32 PM
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OTT tops Pay TV
Over the Top has a lot to offer and something new. I think that they will have a chance to overthrow the PayTV because Pay TV has some high prices and people are looking for something for affordable for them.

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Adi
Adi
2/23/2017 8:27:38 AM
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Digital broadcast
An interesting feature of the italian TV marlet is that digital broadcast, or free-to-air services are received by almost every home. So that base package of the most popular linear channels is always available, any new digital service has to supplement that, not compete with it. That's probably why pay-TV has struggled, because the free-to-air penetration is so high.

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afwriter
afwriter
2/23/2017 9:29:15 AM
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TIMVision sounds like the next evolution of OTT
I like the idea of TIMVision it sounds like a fusion of Netflix and Vudu. I think that we will end up seeing more of this as people continue to cut the cord.

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srufolo1
srufolo1
2/23/2017 2:38:59 PM
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TIM
TIMVision has signed a contract with RAI for first TV window, whereby it will have first dibs to show a movie then a month later RAI can broadcast it. Rather than pay for a subscription, I would think Italian viewers would just wait to watch it on RAI. But it's great that they have a partnership with RAI, one of the oldest and most trusted networks in Italy.

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Adi
Adi
2/24/2017 5:28:12 AM
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Re: TIM
srufalo - I'm sure some will. But as we saw in the US in the early 2000s, when cable operators offered VoD movies in a later window than Blockbuster's VHS and DVD rentals, almost no one rented those movies -- they went to Blockbuster instead. That's also partly why Netflix was successful in the early DVD-by-mail days -- they got the same early release window.

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Adi
Adi
2/24/2017 5:31:42 AM
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Re: TIMVision sounds like the next evolution of OTT
afwriter - I think in some ways certain European countries offer an example to the US, because many have always had a robust free-to-air broadcast market. In the states, everyone moved to cable/satellite very early, and only 6-8% received their signals over the air. Now that's starting to change as consumers relaize they can get a lot of what they want to watch just on the 4-5 broadcast channels for a $0 monthly fee, and then supplement with a $8-12 OTT service.

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srufolo1
srufolo1
2/24/2017 10:31:05 PM
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OTT Will Exceed Pay-TV
@Adi Oh, I remember well those Blockbuster days. That's an example of a company that became extinct. It should have followed Netflix's lead and got into the movie-by-mail business.

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dcawrey
dcawrey
2/26/2017 2:06:03 PM
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Re: OTT Will Exceed Pay-TV
I agree everything now is a month-to-month proposition. That's a good way to look at things these days. 

I also agree pay TV is running out of time. Everything is going to move over to OTT. It's inevitable at this point. 

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JohnBarnes
JohnBarnes
2/26/2017 10:33:33 PM
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Re: OTT Will Exceed Pay-TV
Dcawrey,

Absolutely right about OTT v. payTV. Chances are that in many countries that have not yet developed much of a payTV market (like Italy, and there are other cases more extreme -- the Middle East/North Africa market is only at about 11%), they never will, because OTT and the a la carte streaming that will follow almost immediately will simply abort the market.

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Michelle
Michelle
2/27/2017 2:27:21 PM
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Re: TIM
@Adi Tthe release date was so very important (as were holds on new rentals). I remember when the big selling point for Netflix was the new release schedule -- new and always in stock. Blockbuster tried to compete with that but ultimately failed.

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