[opendtv] Can Cable Bring DBS Back Down to Earth?
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 11:13:49 -0400
Can Cable Bring DBS Back Down to Earth?
If you think that DirecTV's low churn figure was scary, well, don't
look now, 'cause Rupert's comin'...
By Mavis Scanlon
The ITV All-Stars Reunion and awards for leadership in interactive
television at this month's NCTA show was a downright raucous affair
compared with some of the conference's more staid sessions. Loud
cheering and clapping erupted after each winner's name was called
out-until Rupert Murdoch was pronounced one of the seven winners. An
awkward silence descended, and people looked around to see if Murdoch
was actually in the room.
He wasn't. Instead, Dr. Dov Rubin, GM and VP of NDS Americas, a News
Corp. subsidiary, accepted the award on Murdoch's behalf. No doubt
Rubin's comments bolstered the interactive TV luminaries gathered
that evening, a group that's waited to see the promise of
interactivity realized in the U.S. as long as Vladimir and Estragon
waited for Godot. Rubin's not exactly politically correct closing
remark underscored what many in the cable industry believe: that
cable's network upgrades, which allow for two-way, high-speed
Internet access and telephony, among other services, give it an
advantage over satellite.
....
http://www.cableworld.com/cgi/cw/show_mag.cgi?pub=cw&mon=051704&file=cancablebring.htm
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