Cable operators continue Internet TV talks
FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Comcast, TWC talk with Viacom, NBCU
By Todd Spangler of Multichannel News -- Video Business, 2/20/2009
FEB. 20 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Comcast and Time Warner Cable are still in the discussion phase with programmers about the prospect of offering “place-shifted” TV programming over the Internet to their video subscribers.
Both MSOs are in talks about offering cable TV programming—for no additional charge—to their existing video subscribers with media companies including Viacom, NBC Universal and Time Warner Inc., The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
As previously reported by Multichannel News, both Comcast and Time Warner Cable, as well as Cox Communications, are attempting to secure online distribution from programmers to provide content online.
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