Dashboard 12-02-22
Twitter Hits
The Walt Disney Company has suffered in recent years. This is a good time for us to remember the words of Walt Disney who said, “Everybody falls down. Getting back up is how you learn to walk.”
— Michael Eisner (@Michael_Eisner) November 29, 2022
French President Emmanuel Macron is in DC this week for a formal state visit. Check out my latest in @townhallcom on Macron's lessons in leadership and why his example could inspire a 3rd party candidate in the 2024 Presidential election. https://t.co/lMfSTDwA6n pic.twitter.com/oTVl2H1FZ3
— Gary Shapiro (@GaryShapiro) December 2, 2022
Feeling so many mixed emotions given that the success of @NTCAconnect’s own pension plan, we are seeing a number of exemplary folks in the rural #broadband industry retiring as of today. My heart is heavy but I am proud of the program we run that allows the next adventure pic.twitter.com/pGOR34PR4H
— Shirley Bloomfield (@sbloomfield15) November 30, 2022
Research
(Source: EY 2023 Top 10 Risks in Telecommunications)
➢ Talent turnover remains a key risk. While 91% of technology, media & entertainment and telecom employees want to work remotely for two or more days per week, 25% of management teams believe people should return to office full-time.
➢ 76% of telcos reported growth in cyber attacks YOY. 39% of telecom chief information security officers believe security is not adequately considered as part of strategic investments.
➢ Poor management of the sustainability agenda has become of concern with 39% of consumers saying connectivity providers need to do more to address sustainability concerns.
Up Ahead
December 8: Cablefax Most Powerful Women Celebration Luncheon; The Edison Ballroom, NYC
January 5-8: CES 2023, Las Vegas
January 24-26: Content Americas, Miami
February 7: Regional Fiber Connect; Raleigh, NC
Quotable
“There remains no obvious floor for traditional video distribution; whatever sports and news floor there might be for cable network programming – and we’re no longer confident even of that – that’s a need that can easily be met by vMVPDs, which despite spiraling prices are still cheaper than most cable alternatives. That is not to say, however, that there is no possible role for cable operators in video distribution. There is an obvious consumer demand for an aggregator of aggregators… it must also be conceded that this ‘aggregator of aggregators’ white space is so glaringly obvious that there are a staggering number of pretenders to the throne. Cable operators might arguably be best positioned to capture the opportunity… but they will face, in the tech giants, formidable competitors with much greater scale and much deeper pockets.”
– MoffettNathanson Cord-Cutting Monitor Q3 2022
