Description: If you’re a cable TV subscriber who grumbles about paying for dozens of channels your family never watches, a media analyst has a message: That cable bundle carries all sorts of unseen benefits.

Source: BusinessWeek.com

Date: Dec 06, 2013

Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-06/the-ugly-numbers-behind-unbundled-cable-tv#r=hpt-ls

Questions for Discussions:

• Explain the arguments presented for and against bundling with respect to the financial structures for cable company distributors and the individual cable TV station.
• How would a general shift to unbundled service affect the cash flows of companies involved?
• Should governments be involved from a regulatory point of view?