Shoppers will be able to activate subscriptions for cell phones, cable and satellite TV and XM satellite radio.
Thanks to technology--primarily the Internet--the traditional differences between local and long-distance phone services, cable TV, satellite TV, radio and television are being obliterated.
Today tech companies like Sirius, TIVO and HP sell their products on the cheap so that consumers can subscribe to their satellite radio and TV services or be forced to purchase an endless supply of replacement ink jet printer cartridges.
Grupo Televisa owns four networks, numerous magazines, three soccer teams and stakes in cable, satellite TV and radio.
This time the threat seems real and imminent: Two satellite networks are poised to carve up radio's fiefdoms just as cable and satellite TV did to the broadcast networks.
There were no personal computers, and no Internet, no satellite radio, no Cable TV, no news, gossip, fashion, or design blogs, no social media, and alas, no Forbeswoman.
In addition, there's a 21st-century twist on the fairness issue: Internet and satellite radio networks, as well as cable TV stations that stream music, have to pay royalties to both performers and composers.
If Congress truly wants to help, it should simply declare that by a date certain the traditional barriers between TV, radio, telephony, cable, wireless and satellite will be eliminated.
If Pandora ran several minutes of audio ads per hour (the way terrestrial radio does) vs. just a few 15 second spots, the percentage of revenues paid out as royalties would be dramatically lower and would be more in line with satellite radio or cable TV.
Blackistone is a regular panelist on ESPN's Around the Horn, an XM Satellite Radio host and a frequent sports opinionist on other TV and radio shows.
It owns the country's dominant radio network and the second-largest magazine group, plus cable and satellite TV services.
应用推荐