Time Warner Cable Inc (TWX), AMC Networks Inc (AMCX), and How ‘Game of Thrones’ Will Never Beat ‘Mad Men’

Liberty Media Corp (NASDAQ:LMCA)‘s John Malone, a cable industry insider, may have said it best when he questioned the long-term veracity of cable network efforts to bundle content in order to preserve profits.

Cable network operators “have to face reality that maybe you need to segregate your market like everybody else,” Malone said in an interview with CNBC’s David Faber.

Malone is right: Bundling doesn’t make sense anymore. Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE:TWC) is only limiting HBO’s options — and devaluing its content — by sticking with the dinosaurs that insist upon it.

The article “Game of Thrones” Will Never Beat “Mad Men” — Here’s Why originally appeared on Fool.com.

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