Cable World, April 21st, 2003
Byline: JON LAFAYETTE
At some point, video-on-demand may force premium networks and their cable operator clients to rethink whether the world really needs eight flavors of HBO, 12 Showtimes and 12 multiplex channels from Starz Encore.
But not for a while.
That's the way executives at the leading premium programmers see it. They expect the dozens of multiplex channels that digital cable has spawned to remain in place, even if the channels don't readily translate into subscription VOD.
"My favorite movie of all time is Casablanca, and I have it in my video library," says Mark Greenberg, EV...
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