[opendtv] Re: News: NBC chief says Apple 'destroyed' music pricing

Those are not channels. The five companies (GE, News Corp, Viacom, Disney, AOL/TW) control virtually all the channels. The cable companies control the cable companies. 

- Tom

John Willkie wrote:

Which one of these 5 media companies controls DBS?

Which one of these 5 media companies controls Charter Cable?  Cox Cable?
Comcast Cable?

John Willkie, who doesn't think that successful content companies that
haven't broken the law needs to be regulated any more than a mom-and-pop
operation that runs a bodega.


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Asunto: [opendtv] Re: News: NBC chief says Apple 'destroyed' music pricing
Obviously the cable companies currently have a monopoly in most areas and will need some oversight.
But it seems equally obvious to me there is also oligopoly control of TV content on cable, OTA, and satellite by 5 companies that control virtually ALL channels on those media. 

Both need watching and probable government intervention one of these days.

- Tom
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