WHY THIS MATTERS:Scale economics is nothing new to the cable industry, but toward the end of last year, more companies were asking themselves, how much scale is enough?
WHY THIS MATTERS:The network president/CEO said Starz is still sending its signal to Altice, but the distributor refuses to send the signal into its subscribers' homes and has yet to provide refunds to customers who are paying for it.
WHY THIS MATTERS:The FCC's language in the "Restoring Internet Freedom Order" includes case-by-case enforcement by the other agencies and covers the entire internet ecosystem, including edge providers, suggesting this approach is preferable to "thou shalt not" mandates on internet service providers alone.