ANALYSIS, PART I: OTT submissions find fear and few facts, except this one: It's time to start over

SO MANY WORDS, so few facts. So much fear. Is OTT the new “Death Star”?I simply must stop learning to be so hopeful when it comes to these CRTC proceedings. Almost eight weeks ago, the Commission launched a look into over-the-top video, asking the TV industry, and anyone else who wanted to contribute, for cold, hard, facts on how consumers getting more video content online is affecting their business.In their submissions to the CRTC on OTT, I was hoping some of the vertically integrated distributors would have some early numbers culled from their customers’ set-top box data showing how OTT...