IPTV Business Tactics, Part 2

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[Reinvent TV] On May 11th, I relayed that SBC should have choosen a city like Cleveland, or Buffalo, or Los Angeles to start their IPTV beta in. Why? Because Adelphia had messed up those markets and consumers might be receptive to IPTV as an alternative. Read the original entry explaining that logic. Well, right on cue: Comcast and Time Warner Thursday spelled out in a filing why the FCC should approve their plan to carve up bankrupt Adelphia Communications.

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

[Reinvent TV] IPTV Business Tactics: The upcoming competition between cable companies and telco’s is well documented. The cable companies are offering telephone services (VoIP) and the telco’s are offering television (IPTV). One thing that remains to be seen is whether the telephone giants will gain traction in that battle. So, today, I wish to comment about a specific tactic that I find questionable.

The BRIDGE - Because no media's an island®: Back in 1970, Compaine says, the "big three" (NBC, CBS and ABC) could boast of cumulative ratings of 56 percent of the TV audience. By 2003, he notes, the combined channels of Time Warner, Fox, NBC/USA, Viacom/CBS AND Disney/ABC reached just 51 percent of the audience. And the "big three?" Together they totaled only a 20 percent cumulative ratings.

The Digital TV Weblog - "Your ultimate guide to digital TV" - VOD ...: For instance, Adelphia has no voice customers while Comcast and Time Warner serve 1,725,000 between them. Only 14.4% of homes passed by Adelphia systems subscribe to high-speed Internet whereas 21% in Time Warner franchise area subscribe and 18% in Comcast areas.

The Digital TV Weblog - "Your ultimate guide to digital TV ...: The upcoming competition between cable companies and telco’s is well documented. The cable companies are offering telephone services (VoIP) and the telco’s are offering television (IPTV). One thing that remains to be seen is whether the telephone giants will gain traction in that battle. So, today, I wish to comment about a specific tactic that I find questionable.

Kirk Allen Evans' Blog : Telecommunications: ... toss into the ring), Time Warner and Comcast have agreed in principle to purchase bankrupt Adelphia's 5.5 million subscribers for $18 million. ...

broadband » News » Trouble for Time Warner - Unpaid fees threaten ...: ... BellSouth Lies in Louisiana, IPTV in the Bronx, Cox Offers MLB.com Discount ... As part of the Adelphia deal, Time Warner has plans to transfer ...

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