Unwanted Cable Channels Bloat Customer Bills, CEO Says By Alex Sherman - 2012-05-23T18:28:46Z Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) Chief Executive Officer Glenn Britt says not everything on cable is worth watching. “There are too many networks,” Britt said in an interview at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association annual cable show in Boston. For years, U.S. cable carriers have provided TV in large chunks, pushing up the average monthly price to about $80 as even the cheapest packages have ballooned to include hundreds of channels. The increase in the number of little-watched channels, which content providers often sell to cable companies only in bundles with more popular networks, is causing cable bills to rise without any customer benefit, Britt said. “There are a lot of ...
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