DirecTV executives point out that a move into new services such as voice and high definition TV hasn't hurt the satellite provider's ability to keep growing, as this DirecTV graphic indicates. But there's another way to look at matters. What cable's ability to create Triple Play services has done is break the trend line of DirecTV's growth. DirecTV might have grown much more rapidly had cable not begun to flex its muscles with voice, broadband access and other services.
Monday, January 8, 2007
One Way of Looking at Bundling
DirecTV executives point out that a move into new services such as voice and high definition TV hasn't hurt the satellite provider's ability to keep growing, as this DirecTV graphic indicates. But there's another way to look at matters. What cable's ability to create Triple Play services has done is break the trend line of DirecTV's growth. DirecTV might have grown much more rapidly had cable not begun to flex its muscles with voice, broadband access and other services.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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