TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Re: Cable TV Races to Keep Up With Consumers

Re: Cable TV Races to Keep Up With Consumers

Neal McLain (nmclain@annsgarden.com)
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:59:38 -0400

Clark W. Griswold, Jr. <spamtrap100@comcast.net> wrote:

> The Telcos saw TV over IP as their way of competing with cable
> companies, *as long as the cable model worked.* That model has
> the cable companies charging the consumer, plus collecting ad
> revenue and "slotting fees" from the channels.

> Producers selling programs direct to the consumer take all that
> revenue away from the phone/cable companies, and they don't
> like being just a pipeline supplier.

Slotting fees? That's news to me. Can you provide some more
information, or perhaps cite a source to back up that statement?

Thanks.

Neal McLain

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