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It’s weird to call it a cable network as it’s actually all satellite, which is how they historically got such a huge foothold due to being accessible in rural a
by jonathanlydall 3y ago
It’s weird to call it a cable network as it’s actually all satellite, which is how they historically got such a huge foothold due to being accessible in rural areas.
Although I imagine it’s akin to US cable companies in terms of business model.
Also, the owning company’s strategy at exclusivity (read: paying for a monopoly license) for content has how they’ve maintained their moat over the years.
I’ve done a tiny bit of contracting work for them a while back and they essentially had a money printing license. Leading to interesting organisational dysfunctions.
- geodel 3y ago> It’s weird to call it a cable network as it’s actually all satellite, You are right. I just used the term colloquially. Or perhaps working for a cable company in US I imagined satellite TV doesn't even exist :-)
- skissane 3y ago> You are right. I just used the term colloquially. Or perhaps working for a cable company in US I imagined satellite TV doesn't even exist :-) Here in Australia, cable TV no longer exists - the cable TV network was shut down last year - now the only paid TV options are streaming or satellite. The physical cables still exist, but they are only used for Internet now. They were being upgraded to support higher bandwidth Internet and in the process support for transmitting cable TV was discontinued. I’d be surprised if the same thing doesn’t happen elsewhere sooner or later
- geodel 3y agoIt is happening and big part of company's work in coming years.
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