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Content's King | Inside.com
by Jeremy at 10:14 pm EDT, May 4, 2002

Jamie Kellner controls Turner's programming riches. What he does with them could speed up -- or slow down -- the transformation of television. ...

"I'm a big believer we have to make television more convenient or we will drive the penetration of PVRs and things like that, which I'm not sure is good for the cable industry or the broadcast industry or the networks. ... Because of the ad skips.... It's theft. Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn't get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial ... you're actually stealing the programming.

This guy's comments are generating a lot of buzz in legal circles ...


Interview with Turner exec, PVR/VOD discussed
by Decius at 1:00 am EDT, May 5, 2002

Jamie Kellner controls Turner's programming riches. What he does with them could speed up -- or slow down -- the transformation of television. ...

"I'm a big believer we have to make television more convenient or we will drive the penetration of PVRs and things like that, which I'm not sure is good for the cable industry or the broadcast industry or the networks. ... Because of the ad skips.... It's theft. Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn't get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial ... you're actually stealing the programming.

This is a good interview. Another entrenched business model run by smart people with vast resources which is threatened by new technology and wants to preserve its position. We need new business models, and in the video space they are only going to come from the indy film industry which can move quickley....

I wonder how many people in this industry know that southpark started as a file people were sending around on the net...


 
 
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