[Tig] Tig Digest, Vol 54, Issue 3

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Michael Bittle wrote:
> On Nov 12, 2007, at 2:39 PM, beau tardy wrote:
>
>> The writers work for the advertisers
>
> That's really it, isn't it.

That becomes less true each and every day.

> For some reason record, tv, and film studios have deluded themselves
> that they are content providers and must protect same at all cost.

The content should be protected since if it was entirely free to copy 
then there would be little incentive to pay people (e.g. Colorists) to 
produce the content.  Protection should not prevent otherwise valid 
use of the content.

> They are, instead, audience providers and have taken their eyes off
> the ball while frustrated, bored consumers pull an end-around to meet
> the equally frustrated creatives everywhere but living rooms, cars
> and theaters.

At least for broadcast TV, the broadcasters are indeed 'audience 
providers' for advertisements.  However, this is becoming less and 
less true each and every day since PVR/DVR technology allows viewers 
to skip over advertisements.

What is needed is for broadcast TV to offer an alternate "premier" 
service which offers programs without interruption for a fixed fee. 
The fixed fee would replace money currently made via advertising. 
Showtime and HBO already effectively use this model.

Bob
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