To the Point
Unraveling the Cable Bundle
HBO is the most critically acclaimed programming network. CBS is the network watched by the most people. Now they’re both betting on Internet streaming… so viewers won’t have to rely on cable subscriptions. Does cable TV have a future? Derek Thompson is senior editor at the Atlantic, where he writes about the economics of entertainment.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readHBO is the most critically acclaimed programming network. CBS is the network watched by the most people. Now they’re both betting on Internet streaming… so viewers won’t have to rely on cable subscriptions. Does cable TV have a future?
Derek Thompson is senior editor at the Atlantic, where he writes about the economics of entertainment.
