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Re: And now a message from our dark overlords Oh, I agree that their motivations are NOT what they say, and they're against consolidation simply because they're not the ones doing it.
Not withstanding that, Bell will be in a position to drive up per end subscriber charges for ALL players, the difference being is that THEY get to keep the money when a subscriber is on Bell OR Cogeco OR Eastlink OR XYZ independent cableco.
Basically, it will become less important to Bell who you buy your TV from - they profit regardless.
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| said by HeadSpinning:Bell will be in a position to drive up per end subscriber charges for ALL players, the difference being is that THEY get to keep the money when a subscriber is on Bell OR Cogeco OR Eastlink OR XYZ independent cableco.
Basically, it will become less important to Bell who you buy your TV from - they profit regardless.
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said by HeadSpinning:Oh, I agree that their motivations are NOT what they say, and they're against consolidation simply because they're not the ones doing it. Actually, PK Peladeau is one of the ones doing it. He's just not as successful at it as Bell.
His Quebecor Inc. company owns Videotron (internet service, cable TV distribution, wireless phone, movie rental/distribution), Sun Media, Sun News, QMI Media, TVA (one of the two main private TV networks in Quebec), TVA Publications (70 magazines), Musicor (record production company), Distribution Select (record distribution company), Archambault (record retail and web store), 16 book editing and distribution companies, CEC, the largest editor of school books in Quebec.
Plus they have plans to buy an NHL team and establish their own, new, sports TV channel.
BTW none of this, except the French newspaper/magazine business, was actually built by Quebecor. PKP has just preyed on successful Quebec companies, brought them to their knees by organizing deliberate attacks against them, only to buy them off at their lowest and gutting them of what made them successful to begin with only to keep their well-respected name.
In other words, he's trying to be Bell. Except Bell is better at it than he is. |
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said by HeadSpinning:Oh, I agree that their motivations are NOT what they say, and they're against consolidation simply because they're not the ones doing it.
Not withstanding that, Bell will be in a position to drive up per end subscriber charges for ALL players, the difference being is that THEY get to keep the money when a subscriber is on Bell OR Cogeco OR Eastlink OR XYZ independent cableco.
Basically, it will become less important to Bell who you buy your TV from - they profit regardless.
Very well said,
I'd also argue it's much better that they're at their own throats rather than mine for a change.
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said by El Quintron:said by HeadSpinning:Oh, I agree that their motivations are NOT what they say, and they're against consolidation simply because they're not the ones doing it.
Not withstanding that, Bell will be in a position to drive up per end subscriber charges for ALL players, the difference being is that THEY get to keep the money when a subscriber is on Bell OR Cogeco OR Eastlink OR XYZ independent cableco.
Basically, it will become less important to Bell who you buy your TV from - they profit regardless.
Very well said, I'd also argue it's much better that they're at their own each other's throats rather than mine for a change.
I agree with both of you.
The only trouble is that they are fighting over the dagger which will eventually spill OUR financial blood and spell OUR demise !  
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| said by Davesnothere:The only trouble is that they are fighting over the dagger which will eventually spill OUR financial blood and spell OUR demise !
True dat! The point was simply that while they're busy screwing each other they're not screwing us. I was implying that they're always screwing us anyways....
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kudos:6 | said by El Quintron:....I was implying that they're always screwing us anyways....
Yes, absolutely.
Though since my switching to START cable, Cogeco only has the head in.
But my Ferengi senses were tingling at the opportunity to use the 'dagger' line, and I simply couldn't resist.
Sometimes, I think up stuff ahead, and wait for the moment of optimum impact.
But that one just popped into one of my cortexes, and begged me to say it !  |
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| said by Davesnothere:But my Ferengi senses were tingling at the opportunity to use the 'dagger' line, and I simply couldn't resist.
I know what you're saying... I figured out a clever comparison yesterday and I've been dying to use it.
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