According to The Wall Street Journal, Netflix is trying to initiate negotiations with cable companies like Comcast and Suddenlink Communications to integrate a streaming app in their set-top cable boxes. It will be interesting to see how this plays out given that cable companies have been worried for years about streaming services stealing viewers.
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Everyone’s least favorite cable company is… Time Warner Cable. Joke. Not really. Maybe. Anyway! Everyone’s least favorite cable company seems to be their own cable company. Cable companies are an impossible mess to fix
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It seems like cable companies are always having trouble striking deals with TV networks but this giant fail is especially ridiculous: Time Warner Cable has removed CBS from its channel lineup in major cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Dallas, etc. and Showtime from its nationwide cable service. That’s pretty embarrassing, even for Time Warner.
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BuzzFeed FWD points out something awfully backwards in the world today: cable companies really, really want you to get a landline. In fact, they make it so damn cheap that it feels irresponsible not to get a landline—even if you absolutely do not need it. More »
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