What’s Left Of Cable TV Is Slowly Going To Hell

Technology@lemmy.world – 145 points – 10 months ago

What’s Left Of Cable TV Is Slowly Going To Hell::We just got done noting how 2023 was finally the year that streaming fully surpassed traditional TV in terms of overall paying subscribers. A very obvious "cord cutting" trend that executives spent years claiming was fake or a fad is now the majority norm. But what's left of traditional cable TV isn't doing so well. Broadcast…

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That said, many of the executives who ran cable TV into the ground have jumped ship to streaming, and are repeating many of the same mistakes without having learned much of anything from history or experience.

Why would anyone hire these people?

Because short term profits are the goal. Squeeze the company dry, leave with your golden parachute, and the problems you created are the next guys issue.

Hello Boeing, does this sound familiar to you in any way?

Don't get me started on how fucking cozy they are with the FAA.

Fucking shitass McDonnell execs 😑

Anyone willing to cut costs and piss away the reputation of a company can do that.

This is always the same pattern. The new thing is taken over by the same old players and it becomes shitty like the same old thing.

Write a script. Anyone could do it.