I think the relationship between cable and satellite and telco pay TV service providers and the content industry is a very, very solid one.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Cable is a niche business. If you can own a niche, that can be a very strong business.
Obviously with the onset of cable and satellite, there are more opportunities for programming and original programming, so it creates more opportunities for actors and producers and directors and everything.
Cable is a dynamic and highly innovative industry, providing cutting edge services and content that Americans love. The broadband platform the industry has deployed is a critical part of the infrastructure needed to realize our national ambition to be a great nation in the Information Age.
Cable and satellite businesses are competing against fixed-line telephone companies and wireless companies.
If you look at the heritage of the cable business, if you can own a niche, you have a good chance of succeeding.
I'm interested in all forms of content, including Internet and gaming. On the TV side, cable has sparked a renaissance of the medium and that will continue for storytellers.
There are literally tens of thousands of very good content providers in the world that don't distribute their content through TV channels.
The best businesses that all of us have in the entertainment business are cable content channels, which have a dual revenue stream.
Cable companies aren't bad because they're parts of unwieldy media conglomerates. They're bad because they're monopolies (even where they are no longer legally exclusive) and because the government policies that made them monopolies rewarded lobbying over customer service.
It is quite clear that compelling content, which is made available on economic terms that respect the intellectual rights of owners, can be a tremendous spur to the growth of broadband networks.
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