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This is kind of strange. Wouldn't it enhance Viacom's negotiating position if people are watching directly rather than through DirecTV? i.e. Viacom can point ou
by krschultz 14y ago
This is kind of strange. Wouldn't it enhance Viacom's negotiating position if people are watching directly rather than through DirecTV? i.e. Viacom can point out that people don't need DirecTV and that will make DirecTV cave.
- yock 14y agoI doubt it. If Viacom is financing the hosting of the online content, then online viewers cost them disproportionatly more money than those who watch on cable and satellite. Viacom would have only the ads insertted into the streaming video to recouperate those costs and (maybe?) earn some profit.