[mythtv-users] FCC releases CableCard changes

[Brian Wood]

On Monday, October 18, 2010 08:36:16 am Ben Kamen wrote:
> On 10/18/2010 9:31 AM, Brian Wood wrote:
> > So the best hope is that "market forces" will cause more programming to
> > be marked as copy freely.
> > 
> > With the annual "money grab and channel blackout" season well underway,
> > perhaps that's something the cable operators should put on the table: if
> > you want more money for your programming, make it more friendly to our
> > customers.
> > 
> > I think that in most cases it's not the actual cable operator that
> > decides on the status of programming, but rather the original owner.
> > 
> > Fox claims they deserve more money because they provide "quality
> > programming", certainly a large part of "quality" is being able to use
> > it the way you want.
> 
> I wonder how often company execs see their shrinking subscriber base as a
> problem cause by these things rather than just a phase in the economy.

I doubt that many of those execs are even aware of it.
> 
> That, and a lot of the people I know are just simply oblivious to the
> options other than what the service provider shoves down their throat.

These are the same people who think the only alternative to Windows is to buy a Mac. If it's not advertised widely they 
are not aware of it.

> 
> We are the minuscule minority.

Yes we are, though if a problem bothers TiVo users as well as us it might be more significant.