Internet Filtering in Canada: Rogers' NHL Blocking Order

Re:Internet Filtering in Canada: Rogers' NHL Blocking Order by kmeisthax on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:56PM (#31685296)

A "unified and neutral streaming service where they can share the revenue" already exists. That's called cable - and 2012 Netflix was just a better, more convenient, and cheaper version of that.

Part of the whole premise of how the Internet was supposed to disrupt the publishing business was disintermediation - i.e. cutting out the middleman. Instead of everyone selling their works through a distributor, they'd sell them direct to the public. And that's basically what every streaming service turned into - including modern Netflix.

Cable companies used to be good, too. The shenanigans they resorted to with "packages" and price discrimination were the result of the same pricing pressure from the TV networks that killed 2012 Netflix. When Netflix refused to play that game, the TV networks decided to disrupt Netflix, because they own the content and Netflix owns nothing.

Sometimes innovation sucks.

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Re:Internet Filtering in Canada: Rogers' NHL Blocking Order by ASalazarMX on Friday June 10, 2022 @11:21AM (#31695418)

> A "unified and neutral streaming service where they can share the revenue" already exists. That's called cable

A true neutral streaming service would be like a pirate streaming site: available globally, no geofencing, and one price for everything. 2012 Netflix showed that it can work.

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