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He is using estiablished terms. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-top_media_service https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-top_media_service

• geor9e 2y ago
  Puts on tin foil hat Established by a cable company lobbyist to disparage their internet-based competitors. Makes it sound like netflix is hopping over the top of the gate, to the senators they were begging to ban it. Source: made it up.
  • mh- 2y ago
    You needn't make comments like this when a quick google would tell you that the CRTC - Canada's FCC counterpart - popularized this term 13 years ago. https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/rp1110.htm https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/rp1110.htm
    • geor9e 2y ago
      Ah yes, a government agency dedicated to new business regulations, no lobbyists involved writing those. That's why "over the top" is still a common term for "internet based", we didn't all have to google the arcane term, and it didn't fall into disuse soon after cable/telco companies lost their legislative battle to monopolize media distribution. Sorry, I'm leaving my tin foil hat on for this one. The term has a smell.