AT&T and Verizon have quietly been building a strong TV business. In fact, I read last week that where they offer service, they have almost the same market share as the cable television company leaders like Comcast, Time Warner and Cox. That’s an incredible accomplishment. Telecom is changing. If you pull the camera back, the entire communications industry — telephone, wireless, television and the Internet — is changing. The economics are changing. New technology and new competitors continue to jump in and change everything.
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Get Ready for World War TV
Posted by: Jeff Kagan November 7, 2013 05:00 AMAT&T and Verizon have quietly been building a strong TV business. In fact, I read last week that where they offer service, they have almost the same market share as the cable television company leaders like Comcast, Time Warner and Cox. That’s an incredible accomplishment. Telecom is changing. If you pull the camera back, the entire communications industry — telephone, wireless, television and the Internet — is changing. The economics are changing. New technology and new competitors continue to jump in and change everything.