Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cable companies have decided to wait until there's a threat, but when there's a threat, they're going to act. For them to not raise rates is historical.

Claudia Jones

Cable cannot dispute the fact that they've incessantly raised rates. Cable rates continue to rise because they lack meaningful competition.

Cable and satellite networks should be treated no differently from broadcasters. In today's media landscape, that is a distinction without a difference. We all need to be accountable for what is said in the presence of our kids.

James Murdoch

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

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.

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.

They are setting up a separate entity to provide video services, cable television, telecommunications services, and internet services. So they will be a competitor to any cable company or any phone company in this area.

Keith Robinson

It took less than 30 minutes to put the cable back on, but, by state law, we have to evacuate it first. It's pretty quick, but you can't do that with guests hanging in the air.

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.

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.

Joel Klein

This is the right result and a big win for consumers. DBS service is the first real competitor to local cable monopolies. As a result of this action, the last remaining DBS slot will not fall into the hands of the dominant cable companies.

This is the precedent. This will probably be the template that other cable operators keep their eye on.

This is the owner's manual that they're providing to the cable industry to monopolize the Internet.

This is the next leg of growth for cable companies. That's where they have minimal share today and can gain rapidly.

You're seeing a wholesale shift around TV content from cable to broadband.

The new PCCW shares are right now being sold in the market. Some Cable and Wireless shareholders have decided not to hold PCCW shares.

Then cable TV entered the picture and suddenly there was a lot more competition. Nowadays, we have premieres coming practically year-round from somebody, whether it's the networks or on cable.

The key to lowering cable costs is competition.

Don Lemon

In general, when I watch cable news during the day, it's frustrating because it reminds me of a game show. If I want to watch 'The Price is Right,' I'll watch 'The Price is Right.'

Jenji Kohan

I remember one of my writers on 'Weeds' got a new apartment and didn't get cable or a dish. He just hooked his computer up to the TV. I was like, 'This is it. This is how it's happening.'

Cliff Stearns

It's not clear how cable operators could insert a label,

Small mom-and-pop shops use DSL or cable just because it is really, really cheap. But a company of any significant size is going to need its service to be reliable.

A lot of the programs on cable are things that are already familiar to older viewers and that they feel more comfortable with, rather than the new shows being offered on broadcast.

The crux of the discussion is who owns the rights and who can give the rights. Cable operators don't have the rights. Content companies have to get compensated or they'll find a way to get compensated.

Mike Nichols

A great thing is happening on cable TV. You see characters change in stories over years, like in Tolstoy. That's a whole, thrilling new form that I really enjoy. They are Tolstoy-an in their endless character development and narrative changes... a show like 'Breaking Bad' is astonishing.

This is only going to continue. The FCC says there are 530 national satellite-deliverable cable networks. A year ago there were 188.

This is a logical, rational reaction to a complex structure, ... It's a good move because there's been an overhang on the stock because of the open cable issue and contract expirations.

This is all about the cable industry running scared. They know that there is enormous public support for ending their monopoly. People in New Jersey want choice and they know it, so they are doing anything they can to stop what's coming.

You could see a lot less cable everywhere.

Rick DiPietro

You can't say that? I thought it was cable. I guess I'm watching too much cable TV.

The key story at the cable unit continues to be their digital telephone product.