Dish Network LLC (Nasdaq: DISH) cut a retransmission consent deal with Lin TV Corp., ending a dispute that saw the satellite-TV giant lose some local broadcast network feeds in 17 markets.
YouTube Inc. is telling some Hollywood producers and agents that it's willing to pay them up to $5 million to produce original content channels for its site.
Cable vet Michael Malcy is on to a new pastures, but won't have to move far. He's been named SVP of business development of Alticast Corp. , a tru2way and video software specialist that has an office just down the road from his former company, Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) /Vidiom Systems Inc. , in Broomfield, Colo. There, Malcy will be reconnecting with David Housman, a former Videom exec who took over Alticast's Americas unit in 2009. (See Housman Takes Reins at Alticast .)
I think that's also why operators like TW Cable are starting to look at lower-cost tiers like that TV Essentials product they rolled out last year. But that doesn't help out Seven and others who like access to live televised sports because it excludes ESPN on that tier, which is kept low because they're keeping what is the most expensive net of the lot off of that lineup.
But that quasi-ala carte idea Shaw is rolling out is sorta interesting.
One thing that is definitely not being discussed is the low incremental cost of Netflix.
I can do Netflix for $10/month on top of my cable bill (which includes TV and Cable Modem). As of this minute, it is not enough value for me to drop my broadcast TV service (I like to watch sports). It is getting to the point of me pondering the removal of premium channels. I would think that is the bigger near term issue.
Analysts at Stifel Nicolas debunk SNL Kagan's conclusions. Ex-LR'er Ryan Lawler reports at GigaOm:
http://gigaom.com/video/cord-cutting-q42010/