Comments on: What’s In a Name: What is Network TV Branding Really Worth These Days? http://stopthecap.com/2009/05/22/whats-in-a-name-what-is-network-tv-branding-really-worth-these-days/ Promoting Better Broadband, Fighting Data Caps, Usage-Based Billing, & Other Internet Overcharging Schemes Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:13:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1-alpha-15359 By: sunil http://stopthecap.com/2009/05/22/whats-in-a-name-what-is-network-tv-branding-really-worth-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4387 sunil Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:52:41 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2554#comment-4387 i connected ortel internet but it's limited downloading .when download completed company disconnected ,.,.,.,.please ,,.help me,.,.and what i do??????? i connected ortel internet but it’s limited downloading .when download completed company disconnected ,.,.,.,.please ,,.help me,.,.and what i do???????

]]> By: Smith6612 http://stopthecap.com/2009/05/22/whats-in-a-name-what-is-network-tv-branding-really-worth-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4126 Smith6612 Tue, 26 May 2009 18:54:26 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2554#comment-4126 YouTube offers some closed captioning on some of their videos as well. I'm not even sure if Google has even worked that out yet so that users can add CC to their videos. Right now though they have those annotations features. YouTube offers some closed captioning on some of their videos as well. I’m not even sure if Google has even worked that out yet so that users can add CC to their videos. Right now though they have those annotations features.

]]> By: Larry http://stopthecap.com/2009/05/22/whats-in-a-name-what-is-network-tv-branding-really-worth-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4121 Larry Tue, 26 May 2009 14:15:55 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2554#comment-4121 More streaming sites need to support closed captioning/subtitles. Hulu does offer CC on some of their content, but most of the rest of the sites (I'm looking at you specifically Netflix) don't. This is a problem for the hearing impaired and household with non-native English speakers. More streaming sites need to support closed captioning/subtitles. Hulu does offer CC on some of their content, but most of the rest of the sites (I’m looking at you specifically Netflix) don’t. This is a problem for the hearing impaired and household with non-native English speakers.

]]> By: BrionS http://stopthecap.com/2009/05/22/whats-in-a-name-what-is-network-tv-branding-really-worth-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4108 BrionS Sun, 24 May 2009 15:05:15 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2554#comment-4108 The bitter irony of the latest Viacom / TWC clash is that TWC basically told customers that Viacom are being dicks, you should go watch their programming free on the web. And now of course, after TWC reached a deal with Viacom that they can accept they're turning around and trying to make it very difficult for customers to watch TV free on the web. Not sure if that's ironic or just slimy actually.... The bitter irony of the latest Viacom / TWC clash is that TWC basically told customers that Viacom are being dicks, you should go watch their programming free on the web. And now of course, after TWC reached a deal with Viacom that they can accept they’re turning around and trying to make it very difficult for customers to watch TV free on the web.

Not sure if that’s ironic or just slimy actually….

]]> By: Tim http://stopthecap.com/2009/05/22/whats-in-a-name-what-is-network-tv-branding-really-worth-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4107 Tim Sun, 24 May 2009 14:11:23 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2554#comment-4107 @Rooker Yes, there are several options to watch tv shows without having to subscribe to cable or satellite nowadays and it is forcing those companies to do something. For the longest time, we didn't have cable or satellite in our home but we got our shows off of the internet in 720p HD and commercial free through Usenet. Here recently, we subscribed to AT&T Uverse IPTV. I am thinking about canceling the tv service and upgrading the internet service because there just isn't anything on their U200 or even U100 package worth paying the high monthly cost for that I couldn't get off the internet. If the cable and satellite companies want to continue making a buck in the industry, they need allow customers the ability to "choose" the channels they want to pay for instead of just throwing a bunch of useless channels with worthless programming onto them whether they like it or not. There are only a few channels that I watch as well as my wife: history channel, discovery, TLC, Science, Military, NatGeo, Scifi, and a few others. At most, maybe 15 from the cable and satellite channels and the rest are local channels. Also, you can't lay blame totally on the cable and satellite companies. Some of these networks charge them exuberant fees to carry their programming. I remember Viacom and Time Warner were going at it awhile back, where Viacom, the network that carries MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, ect, wanted Time Warner to cough up quarter of a billion dollars for the privilege of carrying their programming. No wonder our cable and satellite prices are so high! And the kicker is, I rarely watch those channels in the 1st place if at all so why am I paying for their stupid overly priced programming to begin with? @Rooker

Yes, there are several options to watch tv shows without having to subscribe to cable or satellite nowadays and it is forcing those companies to do something. For the longest time, we didn’t have cable or satellite in our home but we got our shows off of the internet in 720p HD and commercial free through Usenet. Here recently, we subscribed to AT&T Uverse IPTV. I am thinking about canceling the tv service and upgrading the internet service because there just isn’t anything on their U200 or even U100 package worth paying the high monthly cost for that I couldn’t get off the internet.

If the cable and satellite companies want to continue making a buck in the industry, they need allow customers the ability to “choose” the channels they want to pay for instead of just throwing a bunch of useless channels with worthless programming onto them whether they like it or not. There are only a few channels that I watch as well as my wife: history channel, discovery, TLC, Science, Military, NatGeo, Scifi, and a few others. At most, maybe 15 from the cable and satellite channels and the rest are local channels.

Also, you can’t lay blame totally on the cable and satellite companies. Some of these networks charge them exuberant fees to carry their programming. I remember Viacom and Time Warner were going at it awhile back, where Viacom, the network that carries MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, ect, wanted Time Warner to cough up quarter of a billion dollars for the privilege of carrying their programming. No wonder our cable and satellite prices are so high! And the kicker is, I rarely watch those channels in the 1st place if at all so why am I paying for their stupid overly priced programming to begin with?

]]> By: Rooker http://stopthecap.com/2009/05/22/whats-in-a-name-what-is-network-tv-branding-really-worth-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4104 Rooker Sun, 24 May 2009 08:34:30 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2554#comment-4104 I haven't actually watched TV on a TV in a few years. I canceled my cable service back in 2006, after realizing that the internet is a lot more entertaining. My television is nothing more than a large display device for my DVD player. I discovered last year that I could get my BSG fix by watching it on the SciFi channel's web site. Then I saw that CBS had several TV shows up on their site, including Jericho (pls bring Jericho back :( ). Then I discovered Hulu and suddenly I was watching TV again, except without the TV. Hi advertisers, I saw your ads because you sponsored a smart TV network. Anything I can't watch because it's blacked out or region controlled or they want me to install some sort of DRM'd video player - or any other sort of rubbish - just doesn't get watched. Or I'll use an *ahem* "unapproved" method of watching it. Hi advertisers, I didn't see your ads because you sponsored a stupid TV network that shot themselves in the foot. I haven’t actually watched TV on a TV in a few years. I canceled my cable service back in 2006, after realizing that the internet is a lot more entertaining. My television is nothing more than a large display device for my DVD player.

I discovered last year that I could get my BSG fix by watching it on the SciFi channel’s web site. Then I saw that CBS had several TV shows up on their site, including Jericho (pls bring Jericho back :( ). Then I discovered Hulu and suddenly I was watching TV again, except without the TV. Hi advertisers, I saw your ads because you sponsored a smart TV network.

Anything I can’t watch because it’s blacked out or region controlled or they want me to install some sort of DRM’d video player – or any other sort of rubbish – just doesn’t get watched. Or I’ll use an *ahem* “unapproved” method of watching it. Hi advertisers, I didn’t see your ads because you sponsored a stupid TV network that shot themselves in the foot.

]]> By: Dave Hancock http://stopthecap.com/2009/05/22/whats-in-a-name-what-is-network-tv-branding-really-worth-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4098 Dave Hancock Sat, 23 May 2009 22:14:38 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2554#comment-4098 And that's the REAL reason that TW wants to impose caps - to kill internet provided competition! And that’s the REAL reason that TW wants to impose caps – to kill internet provided competition!

]]> By: BrionS http://stopthecap.com/2009/05/22/whats-in-a-name-what-is-network-tv-branding-really-worth-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-4094 BrionS Sat, 23 May 2009 12:24:08 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2554#comment-4094 Very good article! Thanks for sharing. Very good article! Thanks for sharing.

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