Cable Companies Squeezing Every Last Penny Out Of Dwindling TV M...

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 05/28/2008 - 06:49

Over the weekend, the NY Times ran an article noting how cable TV prices had continued to greatly outpace inflation over the last few years.

It notes that while there have been plenty of predictions of cable's demise, especially at the hands of Silicon Valley, it just hasn't happened... yet.

But that "yet" may become more important soon. Right now, it's true that cable companies often have close to a virtual monopoly on providing television programming.

While there has...

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