Cable Goes Back to the Future
It offers a surprisingly prescient view of the cable industry, including its future potential as a rich conduit for messaging, videophones, and other two-way communications apps. And Irving Kahn, the chairman and president of what was then the nation's largest MSO, TelePrompTer Cable, even offers a demo of an addressable set-top that is indeed bigger than a breadbox. And that spurred Wallace to ask if the presence and capabilities of such a box represented "a giant step toward Big Brotherism"? OK, some things never change. Enjoy the video:
— Jeff Baumgartner, Site Editor, Light Reading Cable
Looks like content has always been king.
Unfortunately, “tranquiliz[ation of] our children" took place well before cable TV with just broadcast.
Mark