By our tool-weilding friend's reckoning, you'll be lucky not to sever a major cable artery just by opening the thing.
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The reason we believe Disney is attractive is because of continued success of its major cable channels like ESPN and Disney Channel.
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One way or another, the NFL and the major cable players will come to see that hey need each other, making compromise inevitable.
For the past three seasons, the NFL has struggled to persuade major cable operators to include its channel in their basic programming packages.
But consider: No major cable operator has signed a long-term contract for Gemstar's TV GuideInteractive the company's main growth engine since it was launched last year.
Shah says most of the major cable and broadcast operators will be switching their underlying technology to Internet Protocol in the next three to five years.
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For example, as the vice president of marketing for a major cable television operator, my marketing plan relied on our engineering division making major upgrades to our cable systems.
The firm has purchased 200 patents and has embarked on some 15 lawsuits, including one major case against Comcast, Time-Warner and other major cable- and broadcast-TV companies in federal court in Delaware.
Prior to Henry's purchase, NESN, which is broadcasting 86 Red Sox games and 54 Bruins games this season, struck deals with all the major cable providers in eastern Massachusetts to move the channel to their basic cable lineup.
Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks are major cable providers in the home markets for 12 NFL teams (Buffalo, Carolina, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Kansas City, New York Giants, New York Jets, San Diego and Tampa Bay).
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The transaction costs of getting carriage on a major cable system are radically higher than the transaction costs of providing video content directly to consumers via the Internet, meaning that niche content and services are at a systematic disadvantage on proprietary video systems.
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TVGuide.com's Online Video Guide allows users to watch virtually any and every available full-length TV episode from all the major broadcast and cable television networks.
Also, this past year has witnessed the much publicised arrival of a US version of the British TV series Queer as Folk on a major pay TV cable network.
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With the vast array of content available on the Internet, including full episodes of current programs from all of the major broadcast and cable networks, our solution gives consumers the ability to enjoy current TV programs without having to pay hefty cable subscription fees.
Paul Leonard is the manager of Upper Dublin Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, says he recently discovered through happenstance that there's a major fiber-optic cable running just yards from his office.
With the NFL having recently expanded its cable reach for the NFL Network and Red Zone to about two-thirds of the country by inking major New York providers Time Warner Cable and Cablevision last season, industry observers figure the next logical step is for the league to bundle the assets.
"This is a major opportunity for TiVo, the cable industry and television viewers alike, " said Tom Rogers, President and CEO of TiVo Inc.
YouTube, the most visited site according to video use, is free, as is the core part of Hulu, the Dow Jones and NBC-owned website that streams content from the major networks, along with participating cable partners.
The NFL and the Olympics are the last major sports properties not yet appropriated by cable.
Real TV, as in live TV from major channels in Europe just like on cable or satellite or even over the air.
It is swallowing Motorola Mobility whole, including the handset business, which has lately focused mostly on selling Android phones, and one of the two major U.S. players in cable set-top boxes.
That's more viewers and a higher demo rating than any show on the major broadcast networks last night and ranks as cable's most-watched entertainment telecast this year.
The introduction of Internet-ready HD TVs in the next few years presents a major threat of disintermediation for TV operators (cable, satellite, and telecom companies), as consumers will be able to access high-quality online video directly through their HD TVs.
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Comcast and other cable operators have also mulled acquiring a major wireless carrier.
My reasons are many and include the fact that Clearwire is using a wireless technology that is not mainstream (WiMAX) on a portion of spectrum that requires building out many more cell sites than its competitors, and that it has chosen to enter major metro markets already served by wired DSL, cable, and a number of wireless broadband companies.
So, right now, it's really this open community, which is what the Internet was all designed initially to be, and now, a lot of folks are saying - big telecommunications and major companies like that, the largest telephone and cable companies are really trying to be gatekeepers in deciding which website go fast or slow or which won't load at all, and that could cause competition within the industry.
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