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06/12/2025
DirecTV’s FAST Lane from Free to Pay TV
If there’s a belief that FAST channels pose as a potential replacement for cable, DirecTV is getting ahead of the game through its MyFree DirecTV venture.
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06/10/2025
Cities Wave Red Flag on FCC Cable TV Rate Regulation Plan
Local governments are crying foul over FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s plan to vote on a report and order aimed at reducing regulatory burdens around cable television rates.
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Premium Content
11/06/2024
Effros: Linear Thinking
Is Comcast “…getting out of the Cable TV business?” Nope, the business is growing and morphing into new forms.
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Premium Content
08/21/2024
Effros: The Fee Fantasy
The owner of one of those establishments acknowledged to me the other day that he was surprised he hasn’t heard one complaint or even comment about the new 2% charge on the check. I’m not surprised. That’s true even though we’re being honest and calling it a “tax,” which it is, rather than a “fee,” which is what most politicians prefer. They never want to be associated with new “taxes,” but they also have to continue to find ways to pay for all the things the public expects from the government.
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Premium Content
03/27/2024
Effros: The Cable Comeback
It’s happening faster than I thought it would: the realization that the “cable” model of delivering video was the right, and probably only workable business model. “Cable” is making a “comeback.”
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Premium Content
08/16/2023
Effros: Fix It First
The primary services are becoming commodities, especially as to delivery. The focus has to be on providing customers with the best service possible, and ease of use is without question the most critical part of that.