Unlike DIRECTV and DISH, which serve the entire United States,
different cable companies only serve certain areas of the country.
Not exact matches
That creates a scenario where you could pay a monthly fee for Verizon's mobile internet; pay another fee for its FiOS home internet and / or
cable service; pay another fee for its live - TV service; watch a bunch of ad - supported videos on AOL or Yahoo or Oath (or, in a
different life, go90); and implicitly pay the
company through its beefed - up, deregulated ad network.
Other executives including Discovery Communciations CEO David Zaslav have taken a
different point of view, arguing that there will be even more
cable consolidation and that content
companies will follow suit.
«The wire and
cable industry has been navigating an uneven and lengthy global economic recovery for several years, far
different than a «normal» business cycle» Kenny told Fortune, responding to questions about the
company's poor track record.
«Just as
cable and phone
companies have
different plans to choose from, your bank may have a new product that better meets your needs.»
St. Maarten also several Internet providers and a
cable TV
company that offers over 50
different channels.
It's often cheaper to buy through one carrier instead of buying individual policies from
different companies, the same way it's often cheaper to buy
cable and internet in one package than it is to buy them separately.
But Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes, about to shed the dual role of heading a
company that owns a
cable operator as well as
cable networks, has a
different goal in mind: serving all of his multichannel constituents and saving the programming world with «TV Everywhere,» a plan he explained to AdAge.
Switch to a
Different TV Provider If your
cable company just won't budge on pricing, it might be time to consider switching.