Is A La Carte a Fairy-Tale Answer to Choice in American Pay TV? As children, the concept of “free choice” is introduced to us quite early, in the form of the classic folk fairy tale “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” Yet, the simplicity of those “big,” “medium” and “small” choices belies the complexity behind the video viewing pastime enjoyed by… Read More

Devices Trend Toward Providing Answers, Entertainment (Plus More Democracy) Everywhere Watching hundreds of middle- and lower-income citizens of greater Chicago while in town for INTX earlier in this month — often riding the ‘L’ train in and around the Windy City — I was pointed to a wonderful example of technology giving the greater mass of people greater power, and… Read More

Mid-April Las Vegas Super Session Breaks New Ground (Las Vegas, NV, April 13, 2015) – On Tax Day, Wednesday, April 15, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), for the first time ever, will present a session about the Internet of Things, titled “Broadband and the Internet of Things: Realities and Myths.”   This bigger-than-normal-in-audience-size-and-attention “Super Session” will take the NAB… Read More

Study Finds Rights Hamper New Media While Demand Rises The Carmel Group’s most recent across-the-industry study looks at where the video industry is headed in the next 3-5-to-7-year time span, focused almost entirely on the content side of the business.* We asked questions of 30+ key C-Level executives representing a macro cross-section of the federal government, trade groups, telecom law… Read More

Can IoT Play A Role In Radio- and TV-Related Devices, Usage, Spectrum, and The Like?3/11/2015 4:45 PM Author: Jimmy Schaeffler For the past several decades, TV has been the center of my professional life. It got its truest start 20 years ago, assisting companies that wished to transition from a broadcast and cable world, to that including a satellite-telco pay… Read More

Handicapping Future Acquisitions Based on Word Abbreviations? At the time and place of the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas (LVC), the Washington, DC (WDC)-based Satellite Broadcasting Communications Association (SBCA), conducted an off-site “Leadership Luncheon” (SBCALL). This SBCALL was organized by The Carmel Group (TCG), in conjunction with SBCA (of course), EchoStar (DISH and SATS), and DirecTV (DTV),… Read More