The Future of Web Video At Stake In Comcast-NBC Regulatory Review 121
Phoghat writes with this excerpt from the Washington Post:
"It won't be long before video from the Internet is always within reach — whether it's on a smart phone, a tablet computer or a high-end television in your living room. But what if there's nothing worth watching? ... Regulators are pushing for tough conditions to ensure that Comcast can't stifle online video services by withholding content or pushing up prices for marquee NBC programs at a time viewers are starting to turn to the Internet for recent movies or the latest episodes of 'Saturday Night Live,' '30 Rock' and other popular TV shows. The concessions they extract from Comcast in its bid for NBC will help determine whether customers can someday realistically drop their cable subscriptions and go online-only for their TV. ... Comcast has been resisting federal regulators' efforts to tear down some of those walls, arguing that those efforts are unnecessary because NBC Universal accounts for about 10 percent of television viewing in the US and less than 10 percent of US box office revenue — and is therefore too small to dictate how the industry will develop."
Re:apple (Score:5, Funny)
Right. Because Apple, which had less than 10% market share, has had 0 effect on the computing market, and other related markets, in the last decade, because of a
because of a .... what?!? Dammit! Do I have to wait 'till next week to find out?!? Get the DVD?!?
What!? What ?!?
lolwut (Score:0, Funny)
I find it humorous so many of you eurofags will come on here at trashtalk the USA while simultaneously consuming our media at every opportunity and crying whenever you can't get a hit of it.
Admit it, you little bitches love us to death.
Re:apple (Score:5, Funny)
He was writing a sarcastic post that was ever so slightly derogatory about Apple. His iPhone's Brand Image Integrity Sensor (R) (C) (TM) picked this up and dispatched a team of commandos driving black Priuses and wearing black turtleneck combat vests.
Good thing I don't have any Apple products in my home! The bastards can't get to disregard my previous statements. All is well. Hail Apple and Greatfather Jobs, for he brings glory to all of our iProducts.