Cable Future

Will Richmond says cable channels may be making a mistake in claiming unauthorized use of their content by TWC's iPad app: "[I]n my opinion the bigger question that cable network heads should be asking themselves is whether, by resisting initiatives such as these, they want to risk contributing to killing their golden goose, or whether they want to do their part in helping usher in the future? What they decide to do is at the heart of what role the pay-TV industry will play in the online video era." Related, Michael Learmonth looks at this as a battle for leverage in the digital frontier.