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- noun Plural form of
cabler .
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Examples
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The digital revolution, as much the cablers are trying to point it in a different direction, blows up the franchise system.
Cable, Innovative? You Don't Say! Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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They herald a future in which their infrastructure becomes a "dumb pipe," aka a piece of commodity plumbing no longer supported by exclusive programming for which they can charge an arm and a leg. In such a world, even if the cablers persevere in the programming business, their local franchise exclusivity becomes meaningless.
Cable, Innovative? You Don't Say! Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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He's been building his own 4G network on spec and lately has been in talks with Cablevision and Time Warner which also have considerable unused spectrum of their own as the cablers seek to mix it up in wireless to defend their fixed network businesses.
What's Right With AT&T's Merger Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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But hardly anywhere do the traditional cablers compete head-on.
Cable, Innovative? You Don't Say! Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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Another way is that the cablers themselves are stuck in the mud, and know it.
Cable, Innovative? You Don't Say! Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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Not feeling the love from the cablers for your event?
Ramya Raghavan: Lessons for Politicians From YouTube's Viral Stars (or, What Candidates Can Learn From the Old Spice Guy) Ramya Raghavan 2011
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One strength of this business model is that others with TV ambitions Apple, Amazon, Google, HBO, the cablers won't feel a need to challenge it directly.
Netflix Isn't Doomed Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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Other cablers are charging down a different trail, pioneered by Cablevision.
Wi-Fi and the Mobile Meltdown Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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He's been building his own 4G network on spec and lately has been in talks with Cablevision and Time Warner which also have considerable unused spectrum of their own as the cablers seek to mix it up in wireless to defend their fixed network businesses.
What's Right With AT&T's Merger Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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The cablers roll their eyes and respond, When is Hollywood going to figure out that the digital future is here?
Cable, Innovative? You Don't Say! Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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