OVD Essentially Substitute for MVPD, NESN Says
The only major difference between online video distributors and multichannel video programming distributors is in the quality or quantity of programming they offer, with OVDs still lagging behind MVPDs, New England Sports Network (NESN) said in an FCC filing posted…
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Tuesday in docket 14-261 on the agency's proceeding on how to define OVDs under the MVPD umbrella. Largely repeating comments it filed last week for the 17th video competition report (see 1508210033), NESN repeated its argument that OVDs are "a full-fledged substitute of broadcast, cable and satellite technology, and consumer access online video both via TV sets and via devices like tables and phones that substitute for TV sets." NESN had no specific policy positions, but said it submitted its arguments about substitutability because that mindset "must be the foundation of any sensible policy in this area."