On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 5:05 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Some cable company is going to finally push back to ESPN/Disney and >>> tell them no (it won't be with a local sports channel). They're going >>> to figure out how to tell a compelling story about it. And that's when >>> things will become very interesting. >> >> It'll require a cable company that's more sympathetic than >> ESPN/Disney. Finding one that's big enough to have any national impact >> will be difficult. With someone like Comcast, it would be "a pox on >> both their houses", since all we know is that we'll end up being the >> losers. > > Agreed. I don't think it will be a national brand. It may even be a > local operator. Two names that comes to mind as large enough to make a > difference without having the "big cable company" label: Charter and > Cox. YMMV.
TWC, for example, is *not* a sympathetic brand, so while their battle to push MSG (about $4.65/user) to a separate sports package is valid, they're gonna get JW's suggested treatment. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203686204577112933083117046.html -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
