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. -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Tom Barry Enviado el: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:24 PM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Re: News: NBC chief says Apple 'destroyed' music pricingObviously 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----------------------------------------------------------------------You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.
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