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This zeitgeist is exactly what cable companies still try to fight against. We no longer need content to be served whenever someone streams it; we need content a
by phoe-krk 8y ago
This zeitgeist is exactly what cable companies still try to fight against. We no longer need content to be served whenever someone streams it; we need content available whenever we want to access it.
For this, we no longer need cable companies; we need internet service providers.
- AdmiralAsshat 8y agoHence why the cable companies are trying to buy ISP's and vice-versa.
- lkbm 8y agoFunny. I think of Comcast as an ISP. I know they provide cable TV, and do everything they can to upsell/bundle it with their Internet access, but to me they're just an ISP. I just checked, and it seems revenue-wise they're still more TV than Internet, but the trend is towards Internet revenue, and in subscriber-count, it flipped in 2015. I'm guessing, though, that the ISP revenue won't grow a ton, whereas the TV revenue will continue to drop.
- scarface74 8y agoThey are more "TV" because they own NBC. They also make money by licensing content to among other companies - Netflix.