Forrester principal analyst Jim Nail is “disappointed” by today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Aereo case. He says it is unfortunate and it reinforces the existing business models of cable and satellite operators in the United States. Not withstanding, the control of the media giants, content delivery will eventually move to a direct from programmer to consumer scenario, with live sports programming leading the way
He called the alliance between Dish and Disney as “the first chink in the armor” of the big operators.
Nail also speaks about the development of TV Everywhere.
We spoke with him today at the VideoNuze conference where he was a speaker.