Showing posts with label Cable TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cable TV. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

LUCKY STARTUPS HITS THE BIG TIME


Nice to see the Lucky Startups folks get some media attention. See embedded video nearby. They are making something remarkable.



 

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

WSJ: THE JUGGLE - Why We Now Have No TV: And (Kind Of) Like It

From The Juggle
WSJ.com on choices and tradeoffs people make as they juggle work and family.
Posted by Sara Schaefer Munoz

Great article in the Wall Street Journal.

One columnist and her family go TV free.

Read the article and a bazillion comments HERE.

My comments are below.

Do you get paid to watch TV?
If not why waste your time with it?
You live more, learn more and become more by investing your time in activities that benefit YOU & YOUR FAMILY.
Read, learn, do, succeed... Try it.
You might actually enjoy a life free from the grips of the boob tube.

David

Monday, April 28, 2008

WSJ: Cable Ads Again Accentuate the Negative

It's nice to see the competitive spirit alive and well. Customers should be better off with increasing competition for their business.

Possible results for consumers
  • Lower prices
  • Better service
  • More services offered
  • Better value
  • Customized offers

Read the story in the Wall Street Journal.

Time, DirecTV, Verizon
Raise Rhetoric, Barbs;
Time to 'Blame-Storm'
By VISHESH KUMAR
April 28, 2008; Page B6

The battle for TV customers is getting personal.


A few funny blurbs from the article.

  • "blame-storming"
  • direct, hard-hitting facts
  • "Empty Cable Suit,"
  • rapidly deteriorating landline business

What are your thoughts?

Thursday, March 13, 2008

INFLATIONARY PRESSURES

Cable TV Price Inflation

People are concerned about rising prices. Food, fuel and cable TV. Food and fuel are relatively new in the inflation game. Cable TV prices have been outpacing inflation for what seems like forever. You will find a New York Times article here about cable price inflation from nearly 20 years ago.

Several years ago it was reported here that "The average cable bill rose 5.6 percent in 2005 — to $43.04."

Question #1

At what price would you cancel your pay TV service [$50, $100, $200, $400 per month]?


Question #2:

How long can the price of a product or service increase before revenue decreases by either substitution or ending use of the product or service?