Like other telecommunications giants of DT's ilk, the onslaught of cellular and Internet-based telephony, along with cable operators offering triple-play packages of cable, broadband and phone services, has put a stranglehold on profits.

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Additional growth opportunities for Televisa lie in "triple-play" packages of cable, telephone and Internet access.

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In large swaths of this country, the incumbent cable operator faces a fiber-based telco offering triple-play packages.

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The giant incumbents in cable, telecom and direct satellite now push a triple play of services to consumers: TV, phone and Web access.

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Still, we bet people still fall for the hype -- oh hey, if you're looking for the ultimate in sound, we've got half a meter of oxygen-free, triple-wrapped double-insulated Sonically Shielded AmpliSized Egyptian Llama cable here that we'll part ways with for just a couple grand.

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Sandy has also shown a weakness in cable and phone companies' largely-fiber infrastructure over which they deliver "triple plays" of landline phone service along with video and broadband to millions of customers.

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Somehow Canada managed to triple its benchmark equity index over the past decade without, until a year ago, all-day financial cable programming.

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Compaq also announced its new Triple Play broadband Internet access program, which offers customers a choice of three high-speed Net access options: cable modem, DSL, and satellite.

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