Comments on: The Cable Pipeline: Top 10 Predictions for 2010 http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/12/28/the-cable-pipeline-top-10-predictions-for-2010/ Computer Science meets Social Science Fri, 25 May 2012 06:01:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Rizzn Hopkins http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/12/28/the-cable-pipeline-top-10-predictions-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-10635 Mark Rizzn Hopkins Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:39:56 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/?p=11453#comment-10635 I think we're on the edge of a five year death spiral for cable companies if they can't get a few critical things figured out: 1) treating the whole connection to the house as a dumb pipe band, rather than a multi-segmented thing. 2) getting a handle on non-linear programming. 3) understanding veg-factor in non-linear programming (something only one or two esoteric DVR setups understand). -- Just my two cents on it all. I think we’re on the edge of a five year death spiral for cable companies if they can’t get a few critical things figured out:
1) treating the whole connection to the house as a dumb pipe band, rather than a multi-segmented thing.
2) getting a handle on non-linear programming.
3) understanding veg-factor in non-linear programming (something only one or two esoteric DVR setups understand).

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Just my two cents on it all.

]]> By: Angela Connor http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/12/28/the-cable-pipeline-top-10-predictions-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-10633 Angela Connor Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:58:19 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/?p=11453#comment-10633 I do hope that the Cable companies can figure out how to better meet the demands of consumers. It doesn't stop at the DVR. I definitely believe what you state at the end about the cable industry struggling with the diminishing demand for linear programming. I wonder what your thoughts are on what that struggle looks like. Will it be top execs being fired and replaced? What would be a few great moves for today's Cable company? I'd love to read that. I do hope that the Cable companies can figure out how to better meet the demands of consumers. It doesn’t stop at the DVR. I definitely believe what you state at the end about the cable industry struggling with the diminishing demand for linear programming. I wonder what your thoughts are on what that struggle looks like. Will it be top execs being fired and replaced? What would be a few great moves for today’s Cable company? I’d love to read that.

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