On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> > When AT&T was a benevolent monopoly, its Bell Labs did things like confirm > the Big Bang and help invent the transistor. That company is long gone. > The AT&T of today is focused on short-term profits. That means lousy > customer service and general corporate thuggery. That is going to seep into > HBO's culture. It not going to be a place that would nurture The Wire, The > Sopranos or Game of Thrones. > So my point is, what's the over/under on how long that takes? > Bell Labs was part of a post-WWII era of intense cooperation among government, academia, and industry for innovation. That era ended and the reasons why are bigger than AT&T's monopoly. The model is now out there that premium cable and streaming companies can be sustainable with top quality dramas. If AT&T wants to turn their backs on that revenue by cutting back on those kinds of series, the creators will migrate to Netflix, Amazon, et al and leave HBO behind. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
