Famous Quotes & Sayings

Diversity? They don't have diversity on cable. They can't show you diversity on the cable dial.

Robert T. Bakker

Dinosaurs are the jumper cables to the human mind. Kids can't curb their enthusiasm when they're in a hall of dinosaurs and mammoths and mammoth hunters and trilobites and giant fish that could chomp up a shark. These natural objects in motion and context make kids want to read; you can't stop them from reading and thinking.

Digitisation will rather consolidate the broadcasting industry in India because once the cable is digitized, then naturally all the programmers can showcase their programming.

Consumers want choice, and this silly suit by the cable industry is nothing more than big cable's latest tactic to thwart it.

This new regulatory regime for cable could potentially have devastating impacts for our proverbial 500-channel universe of diverse cable offerings. It very well could be the case that government regulation here could destroy that diversity and drive out some of the smaller niche channels out there, which would find a difficult time surviving on their own in a la carte world.

We're digging in the ground, and we wanted to make sure we didn't hit an electrical cable or anything like that.

There have been an increasing number of outlets as more and more cable networks are demanding television production and original programming.

You have cable companies out there offering voice service; you have wireless; you have voice-over-Internet protocol. So there are all these other options out there.

The reason it's important is that that's the key to unwinding some of their cable assets, that is, to sell to U S West New Media some of their cable properties in exchange for more flexibility in the corporate structure.

Drew Lachey

It was there. What else can I grab? She is not wearing anything else! I guess ABC, and their parent companies, don't find my humor as humorous as I do, so, maybe I need a cable show, not network!

These cable systems are in rural areas, so they potentially are not as profitable. AT&T is looking to unload them because their focus is not on rural cable markets.

These cable companies use their operations to present only one side of the issue because they don't want consumers to know there could be a choice for cable TV in this state.

These days, what the cable companies offer and what the phone companies offer is mostly the same.

Thomas Nagel

We will soon start moving toward a release mindset. That's new for the cable industry. There'll be a new release every few months. This will be a learning process.

We try to understand what each of us needs. The price was never so high that the cable companies said they would no longer talk.

We got started late, and the delay is our fault. But we're making up ground quickly, and we're confident that by opening day we'll have 90 percent of the cable universe in the Cleveland market covered.

Ron White will do just as well as Larry the Cable Guy did. There are a lot of similarities between them.

Jeffrey Toobin

The big criminal case has become a staple of cable news. It is part of the core mission of cable news networks; print media have a much more flexible approach.

James Murdoch

Taiwan is Asia's most well-established and vibrant cable market,

It's a tragedy for everyone, particularly the families, the ski area, the cable car operators and the Marines as well, ... set out to determine culpability in a fair, open and thorough way.

It?s curious that the two people who are pushing the closed-window policy are the two people who own (channels) that need to get on cable systems.

It's a new technology and the technological differences will differentiate us completely from the satellite providers and the current cable providers as we know it today.

Greg Oden

Everybody wants to show him off, but I don't do that, ... If he wants to lay there, I make sure he has cable to watch and food to eat.

A year and a half ago, cable took months. They had all kinds of installation problems, and poor coordination with their suppliers.

Jonathan Davies

That's where we're heading. We want to be able to offer the triple play in direct competition with cable companies.

Everything is relative. Is the Internet fast? Not for most people. Is it always on? Yes, for cable modem and DSL users but that represents a tiny percentage of users.

Steve Erickson

Even to current-events junkies, the notion of a 24-hour news channel sounded like a gimmick when the Cable News Network launched more than 30 years ago.

Corbin Bernsen

Everyone talks about reality TV and that there are no roles left. That's false. Years ago, there were three networks. Now there are 20 cable networks and so many ways for films to be exhibited. It's an exciting time for actors, writers, directors, and producers.

Every dial-up customer we convert to D.S.L. takes one customer off the table for cable modem. We have a price for every budget.

It's the cable operator that has most of the cards.

I wanted the public to know that there is a difference between Vermillion and Yankton cable rates. It's pretty sad that without competition in Vermillion they can charge whatever they want.

The cable operators are going to be compelled to carry the NFL network. Their subscribers want NFL programming. They will be heard loudly if the cable companies provide niche channels with gardening shows and not the NFL Network.

Orrin Hatch

The cable lines will have to be kept open, and I think this memorandum of understanding is a step in the right direction.