Bewkes Defends TV Everywhere
Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeffrey Bewkes on Monday defended his “TV Everywhere” initiative that would require consumers have a pay TV subscription via a cable, satellite or telecom provider to view TV network content online.
“It’s not something that’s narrow-minded,” he told the Deutsche Bank Media and Telecommunications Conference in Palm Beach, Fla., in reaction to criticism that he is looking to restrict people’s online access to content. “It’s very expansive.”
Bewkes argued that the move would protect content creators and distributors and shouldn’t affect consumers as most of them are multichannel customers anyway.
However, critics of the idea have complained that people who can’t afford their pay-TV service anymore in this recession or otherwise choose to drop it won’t be able to watch their favorite shows.
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