Local municipal broadband is an increasingly popular option that has been shown to work, but obviously poses an existential threat to
the established cable companies.
Of course, there's no mention of locality rights, and ultimately the letter boils down to complaints Wheeler might «force»
established cable companies to compete with tax - payer funded projects.
Not exact matches
Today, Volk - Weiss licenses programs to
established «real - time,» or «linear,»
cable channels, like HBO, Showtime, and Epix; streaming video on - demand channels, like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Seeso, NBCUniversal's new comedy subscription service (and increasingly, services from the linear channels); over-the-top-device
companies like Roku, Microsoft (which makes Xbox), Sony (PlayStation), and Apple (Apple TV); and satellite - radio channel Sirius XM.
Viacom, meanwhile, looks even weaker: Two of its long -
established channels, MTV and Nickolodeon, have been losing viewers rapidly, and analysts say the
company is particularly vulnerable going into negotiations with
cable providers, where it will bargain for the right to be included in their bundles.
All
cable companies would charge a fair price,
established by the state public service commission (like gas and electric rates).
Established in 1966, the
company has five manufacturing facilities in Italy and the UK and employs more than 400 people around the world producing electrical, electronic and fibre optic
cable solutions.
What fueled most of this editorial speculation about a sell offwas a mid-December decision by Liberty Media chairman John C. Malone to
establish a co-venture with Cendant to exploit a number of Web - based possibilities, such as delivering broadband services built around Liberty's
cable networks to millions of Cendant customers, especially in the
company's hotel and time - share divisions.