[telecom] Freedom from cable isn't free

Aug 16, 2017 1 Replies

In Message-ID: Freedom from cable isn't free: Flood of streaming



services will make cutting the cord more complicated.
> Disney's exit from Netflix to start its own video
> service is just the beginning.

Programmers may experiment with numerous distribution options - bundling their programming with Netflix and other steaming packagers, selling their programming to broadcast networks, selling their programming directly to CATV, SatTV, and TelcoTV carriers, or setting up their own internet distribution services - but in the end they will always select the same choice: the option that maximizes their bottom line.


Neal McLain


I've long said that the people who have been clamoring for a la carte cable options should be careful what they wish for. The profusion of different streaming services, at $8-10/mo for each of them, is precisely that.

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