ESPN Gets Caught In Transition
What looked like a smart long-term strategy a year ago could soon turn into a long-term headache Read More …
Tag: pay-TV
DSTAC-ing The Pay-TV Deck
The FCC seems determined to crack open the set-top box. Read More …
Apple’s Changing Spot On the TV Dial
Like the mountain coming to Muhammad, the TV mountain is coming to Apple. Why should it build its own mountain? Read More …
FCC Engineers Some Cable Consolidation
It would be a stretch to suggest that Tom Wheeler was literally orchestrating such a complex and expensive set of deals from the eighth floor of the FCC’s headquarter. But the combination of mergers and non-mergers — in which the FCC’s actions played a material role — will nonetheless leave behind a rough parity at the top of the pay-TV/broadband weight scale, among Comcast, AT&T and Charter. Read More …
Bad Sports: ESPN Sues Verizon
ESPN knows that some renegotiation of the bundle is inevitable. What it can’t abide is renegotiation on someone else’s terms. Read More …