[mythtv-users] Comcast 'flees $45bn monster-merger with Time Warner Cable'

[Phil Bridges]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 3:15 AM, Stephen P. Villano <
stephen.p.villano at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 4/24/15 3:49 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> > Hoi Stephen,
> >
> > Friday, April 24, 2015, 9:30:15 PM, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 4/24/15 9:04 AM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Stephen P. Villano
> >>> <stephen.p.villano at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> On 4/23/15 4:37 PM, Doug Lytle wrote:
> >>>>> Looks like the merger was killed
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/23/comcast_45bn_twc_gobble_declared_dead_in_the_water/
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Doug
> >>>>>
> >>>> That's good news,
> >>> Not entirely, at least for MythTV users.  Time Warner is one of the
> >>> most MythTV hostile providers out there.  Being acquired by Comcast,
> >>> which is much friendlier by comparison, could have been a good thing
> >>> for many people on this list.  Given that TW and Comcast don't
> >>> actually compete for customers, the people negatively impacted by this
> >>> consolidation would have been content producers, not consumers, as the
> >>> combined company would have had more leverage in negotiating
> >>> contracts.  Conceivably, this could have been passed on to consumers
> >>> as savings.  (Ok, maybe that last point is going too far...)
> >>>
> >>> Eric
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>>
> >> It's been my repeated experience that when two corporations merge, with
> >> one having lousy customer service, the one that had barely acceptable or
> >> even excellent customer service tends to end up having lousy customer
> >> service.
> >> Examples are the Sanyo-Fisher merger and the Sears-Kmart merger.
> >> _______________________________________________
> > Not by definition. Here in the Netherlands our two biggest cable
> > companies (UPC and Ziggo) have merged last year and are now in the
> > proces of equalizing. At this moment it means that where before for me
> > with Ziggo every channel was encrypted, it looks like all digital SD
> > and some HD channels are becoming unencrypted. Like it was with UPC.
> > So finally I will be able to move to digital!
> >
> > Tot mails,
> >   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
> >
> > "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> > Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> > Het eeuwige dilemma
> > Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
> >
> > De lerende Mens
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> Good for you! Unfortunately, where you have an extremely robust
> regulatory environment, we in the US have a variable and weakening
> regulatory environment, forgetting *why* we enacted said regulation in
> the first place.
> Where much of Europe accepted some ideas from socialism, the US does its
> level best to destroy anything it *thinks* is socialism, ignoring
> superhighways, parks, essential services, etc.
> In short, we're an abject mess, attempting to protect our society and
> destroy it at the same time.
> What *other* nation has national leaders openly suggest removing
> protections from the poor and indigent and permit them to starve to death?
> I've heard that with my own two ears.
>
>
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