“Our legislation addresses broadcasts over the public airwaves, but I hope the cable and satellite industries see the importance of this issue and voluntarily create a family tier of programming and offer culturally responsible products.” IssuesProductsIndustryOffersImportanceResponsibleProgrammingAddressesLegislationCablesSatellites Author:Charles W. Pickering
“The Noisiest buzz in the industry lately has been over the emerging use of cable TV systems to provide fast network data transmissions using a device called a cable modem. But the likelihood of this technology succeeding is zilch.” Has BeensUseTechnologyTvsIndustrySucceedDataDevicesCablesEmergingBuzzLikelihoodTransmissionCable Tv Author:John C. Dvorak
“There are shows, a lot of small cable shows like Breaking Bad, where in the general population nobody watches them really, but everybody in Los Angeles in the industry watches them, and to get a small role on a show like that actually, in some respects, advances your career more than having a huge hit role on a genre show because they are somehow dismissed as a secondary market in this industry” ShowsCareersRolesWatchesHugeIndustryPopulationGenreLos AngelesCablesSmall Roles Author:Misha Collins
“For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to customers.” YearsIndustryCustomersSellingConsentCablesNickelsBroadcasters Author:Gordon Smith
“I am excited for the future of the industry, because we're at that point now where digital is becoming pertinent to release and distribution strategy versus releasing on cable or anywhere else.” IndustryBecomingStrategyExcitedReleaseDigitalVersusDistributionCablesPertinent Author:Felicia Day
“The cable industry has risen to new heights in their apparent willingness and ability to gouge the American consumer. Cable rates [have] increased an unbelievable five-and-a-half times faster than inflation.” AbilityHalfFiveIndustryRateFasterConsumersHeightWillingnessUnbelievableInflationCablesRisenHalf Time Author:John McCain
“Much to my surprise, there's a sense for people in the cable industry that fiction writers might actually be good at script writing. You can write dialogue!” PeopleWritingMightFictionIndustrySurpriseScriptsBe GoodDialogueCablesFiction Writers Author:Matthew Specktor