RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | Is that John Malone behind the curtain? This sounds very familiar. In fact, didn't then-TCI Godfather John Malone make a similar speech to the same people almost 13 years ago touting an interactive '500-channel universe' he couldn't deliver and nobody wanted anyway? We're still waiting for that one.
One thing you won't hear at the National Cable Show is anyone talking about how to reduce the exorbitant charges cable companies bilk from their customers. Quite to the contrary:Meanwhile, Bingham Gordon, executive vice president and chief creative officer at Electronic Arts, predicted that the typical consumer will pay an average of $150 per month for various internet services within the next 10 years -- much of that potentially over cable lines. Are you really ready for this? Prepare for a new round of "looting the consumer" as the MSOs attempt to leverage this into yet another "content cost" excuse to raise rates. |
