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Article #33Re: Cablevision lies
From: Khan
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 12:54
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 12:54
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In article <23hnywb.bitbug@netcom.com> bitbug@netcom.com (James Buster) writes: >In article <Btv4vt.Kt5@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard) writes: > >>2. Cablevision, Inc., has a lot of stock held by a couple of program >> providers. Would those providers be willing to offer their programs >> to the competing cable system? > >Why should the provider care? The competing cable system is another revenue >source. If you, Cable Movies Inc., have a contract with all the cable companies >in an area to provide your service, you still have as much market penetration >and have as many subscribers as before. Because HBO et. al. hold a lot of CUCI stock. This means that they make money not only from the subscription fees CUCI pays to HBO, but also dividends from the CUCI stock they hold. If Company B enters the C-U market, and half the HBO subscribers jump ship, HBO still gets their programming fees, but they no longer get the CUCI stock dividends. Thus, they may make less money.
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Newsgroups: uiuc.consumers,rec.video.cable-tv Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) Subject: Re: Cablevision lies References: <23hnywb.bitbug@netcom.com> <1992Aug28.205213.761@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <17p716INNf07@roundup.crhc.uiuc.edu> <Btv4vt.Kt5@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Message-ID: <BtwH7I.H9p@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 12:54:53 GMT Lines: 20