Google Fiber’s Achilles’ heel: The cost of doing business with TV studios

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Google Fiber just might be the best thing that ever happened to the internet, but it might not grow as fast as we would like. We can talk about cord cutting all we want, but the bottom line is that most Americans like the triple play bundle that cable companies offer. You know, those package deals that consist of TV programming, phone service, and the internet.


TV programming is where Google has the biggest hurdle according to Google Fiber head Milo Medin, who spoke at the COMPTEL telecom conference yesterday. They simply don’t have their own programming (other than YouTube), and the TV Studios are charging them more. Competitors like Comcast own production companies and they pay a lot less for their programming.

Google Fiber is supposed to lower prices overall by spurring competitiveness, but if it’s stifled from growing due to these high costs, the cable companies have no incentive to be competitive.

What do you guys think? Will the TV studios ever treat Google fairly?

source: Washington Post


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