Smarthouse Sprays Foxtel

David Richards from Smarthouse News certainly isn't afraid of having go as his spray at Foxtel's chief executive shows.

Where I do disagree with David is that Foxtel is not going to go out of business quickly. If IPTV, or any other medium, becomes a threat to Foxtel or the FTA TV operators they will lobby the Federal government of the day to stop the threat.

On past performance, the Feds will quickly do what they are told. No Australian politician in recent memory has stood up to the moguls. In fact, Foxtel itself was born of Keating and Richardson's attempt to keep both the Packer and Murdoch camps happy.

While attempts to stifle new technology will ultimately fail, the cost will be huge to Australian consumers and industry. But that's never worried the cowards in Canberra who pretend to be the leaders of this nation.