Its earlier reputation makes the company highly controversial, and other cable carriers might follow the lead of Time Warner Cable (which is no longer owned by CNN's parent company, Time Warner) in refusing to carry it.
Phone companies would also benefit, since unregulated cable could easily lead to deregulated telephony.
On the home front, the device could lead to rapid improvements in cable television and satellite communications.
Even though the release is going to be mainly on-demand, with a shorter-than-usual lead time, getting on several cable companies' schedules simultaneously and encoding the film takes time.
Even though alternative platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu etc. have opened up a new digital licensing stream for the media companies, there is a chance that the increasing popularity of these platforms may lead to stagnant subscriber growth for cable networks.
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That should allow the world's biggest cable maker to retain its lead for a while yet.
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In fact, despite perceptions that BT dominates the broadband market it is actually the cable operators that have the lead.
Through their strategic partnerships, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal are taking the lead in the TV viewing companion app market by bringing their customers and tens of millions of viewers across hundreds of channels.
The movie played in theaters following its cable run, and many critics praised lead actress Linda Fiorentino.
An externalized conductor occurs when the cable, or conductor, from inside the lead wears through the outer silicone insulation around the lead and appears outside the insulation body.
If the broadcasters allow Aereo to get its broadcasting programming for free, this may lead to other companies retransmitting signal (eg. the cable companies) to request that broadcast retransmission fees be eliminated or at least lowered drastically.
Skeptics scoffed when Rupert Murdoch launched Fox News cable network six years ago, believing CNN's lead was insurmountable.
The emergence of three fast networks from Verizon Communications, Cingular and Sprint Nextel (which shrewdly is bundling with the powerful cable guys Comcast, Time Warner and Cox) will lead to badly needed discounting.
Hopefully that doesn't lead to any unintentional interhousehold griefing as users manage the often inadequate hard drive space in their cable DVR, but it can certainly put ones mind at rest to know The League (or whatever your show of choice might be) was successfully archived.
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