The Cable UnBundling Challenge Community Broadband Bits Podcast 241
b"One of the most recurring complaints about cable television is the bundles - people resent having to pay for channels that they do not watch. Especially when those cable prices go up consistently. The cable companies tend to absorb most of the blame and anger for this model, but they aren't entirely responsible.To explain how the cable industry works, Public Knowledge Senior Counsel John Bergmayer joins us for Episode 241 of the Community Broadband Bits podcast. We talk about overlapping monopolies, market power, and how the cable companies themselves are somewhat imprisoned by content owners.\\xa0As fits with our focus, we also talk specifically about how smaller firms (which includes all municipal networks) are particularly harmed by the status quo and even more harmed by the ongoing consolidation of the largest cable companies becuase they then have far greater negotiating power.\\xa0Read the transcript of the show here.We want your feedback and suggestions for the show-please\\xa0e-mail us\\xa0or leave a comment below.This show is 30 minutes long and can be played on this page or\\xa0via iTunes\\xa0or via the tool of your choice\\xa0using this feed.You can\\xa0download this mp3 file directly from here. Listen to\\xa0other episodes here\\xa0or\\xa0view all episodes in our index.Thanks to Admiral Bob for the music. The song is\\xa0Turbo Tornado\\xa0(c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: Blue Wave Theory."