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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (29970)	5/21/2009 12:44:36 AM
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Talk of ‘TV Everywhere’ fills cable convention [May require free registration] -Snip- "The music and newspaper industries have faced serious challenges and are struggling to survive in the form that we know them. The mis-steps of both – the former for reacting too slowly to the onslaught of digital technology and the latter for hesitating in the face of competition from free content on the internet – framed discussions at the annual National Cable & Telecommunications Association convention in Washington DC last week. Executives puzzled over the explosive demand of free online videos and whether that could lead customers to drop their cable TV service. Hardly any conversations went without mention of the cable industry’s answer to the threat – “TV Everywhere” or “Entitlement” – a broad concept spearheaded by Time Warner to offer a cable network’s programming line-up online for “free”, but only to paying subscribers to cable video services. --- ...In spite of uncertainty, some, like Time Warner Cable, are forging ahead with plans to roll out an online version of HBO, which carries no advertising. Tests later in the year with ad-supported networks from Turner Broadcast and NBC Universal will be a better barometer of future success. As to when programming schedules will be a key-press away for paying subscribers, “I don’t know the answer to that,” Mr Sapan confessed." More: ft.com Jim

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