Jimmy SchaefflerSocial Links NavigationJimmy Schaeffler is chairman and CSO of The Carmel Group, a nearly three-decades-old west coast-based telecom and entertainment consultancy founded in 1995. Latest articles by Jimmy Schaeffler Telecom Lawyers, Part 3: Comcast Cable’s General Counsel, Doug Gaston, Esq. By Jimmy Schaeffler published 21 January 14 Mixed Signals Telecom Lawyers, Part 2: TiVo’s General Counsel, Matthew Zinn, Esq. By Jimmy Schaeffler published 6 January 14 Mixed Signals CBS’ 'TV City' -- The View Inside A Powerful Eye By Jimmy Schaeffler published 16 March 14 Mixed Signals Today’s Telecom: A Plethora of 'Mixed Signals' By Jimmy Schaeffler published 9 July 14 Mixed Signals Apple, Google’s $900B 'TV' Warchest: Traditional Stakeholders, Beware By Jimmy Schaeffler published 27 May 14 Mixed Signals Thoughts on Rupert, Chase and 'Lisbeth: Learning From Mistakes By Jimmy Schaeffler published 22 March 14 Mixed Signals Memo to NBC Olympics: Invoice the Republicans By Jimmy Schaeffler published 22 March 14 Mixed Signals Broadcast Graphics Spellcheck: Time To Get It Right! By Jimmy Schaeffler published 9 November 13 Mixed Signals Whipping Up The WISPs: Why The Nation’s Wireless Internet Service Providers Need Video By Jimmy Schaeffler published 5 November 13 Mixed Signals The Importance of Great TV/Video Hardware By Jimmy Schaeffler published 5 December 13 Mixed Signals Telecom Lawyers, Part 4: Viacom’s General Counsel, Michael Fricklas, Esq. By Jimmy Schaeffler published 28 January 14 Mixed Signals CTAM 2013: Cable's Top 3 Marketing Initiatives By Jimmy Schaeffler published 5 September 13 Mixed Signals Digital Signage And The 2013 Concours d'Elegance By Jimmy Schaeffler published 19 August 13 Mixed Signals Intel TV (Part 2): Coming To A (lot of) Video Screen(s) Near You? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 15 May 13 Mixed Signals NCTA’s Michael Powell Opines By Jimmy Schaeffler published 21 March 13 Mixed Signals U.S. Pay TV Infrastructure: Is It Up To The Mobile + Internet Video Challenge? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 24 July 12 Mixed Signals Ad Wars in Pay TV Land: Differentiation vs Commoditization By Jimmy Schaeffler published 26 June 12 Mixed Signals NCTA 2013: Making Cable’s Digital Change By Jimmy Schaeffler published 17 March 13 Mixed Signals OTTCon 2012: Santayana and Learning From The Past? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 7 April 12 Mixed Signals Cable Trade Groups: Where, Who, What, and Why 2012? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 16 October 12 Mixed Signals Dish vs. The Networks: From 'The Hopper' to Personalized TV By Jimmy Schaeffler published 18 June 12 Mixed Signals Interactive TV: It Will Happen, Inevitably By Jimmy Schaeffler published 7 June 12 Mixed Signals The Holy Alliance of Digital Signage and Pay TV: Near or Far Away? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 23 November 11 Mixed Signals CalPlug 2012: Looking Entirely Differently at Electricity and Set-top Boxes By Jimmy Schaeffler published 3 March 12 Mixed Signals The Next Roone Arledge: Pay TV Subs and A New TV Ad Model? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 5 July 12 Mixed Signals 1 2 3 4 Archives NEXT TV NEWSLETTERThe smarter way to stay on top of the streaming and OTT industry. Sign up below.* To subscribe, you must consent to Future’s privacy policy. LATEST ARTICLES1B+C Hall of Fame Honors the Class of 20252B+C Hall of Fame Announces Its Class of 2025 3DirecTV Acquires Dish, Unifying Struggling Satellite Business 4Next Text: As DirecTV and Dish Try to Seize the Remains of the Day, Does It Even Matter?5Freeze Frame: B+C Hall of Fame 2024
Telecom Lawyers, Part 3: Comcast Cable’s General Counsel, Doug Gaston, Esq. By Jimmy Schaeffler published 21 January 14
Telecom Lawyers, Part 2: TiVo’s General Counsel, Matthew Zinn, Esq. By Jimmy Schaeffler published 6 January 14
Apple, Google’s $900B 'TV' Warchest: Traditional Stakeholders, Beware By Jimmy Schaeffler published 27 May 14
Thoughts on Rupert, Chase and 'Lisbeth: Learning From Mistakes By Jimmy Schaeffler published 22 March 14
Whipping Up The WISPs: Why The Nation’s Wireless Internet Service Providers Need Video By Jimmy Schaeffler published 5 November 13
Telecom Lawyers, Part 4: Viacom’s General Counsel, Michael Fricklas, Esq. By Jimmy Schaeffler published 28 January 14
Intel TV (Part 2): Coming To A (lot of) Video Screen(s) Near You? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 15 May 13
U.S. Pay TV Infrastructure: Is It Up To The Mobile + Internet Video Challenge? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 24 July 12
The Holy Alliance of Digital Signage and Pay TV: Near or Far Away? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 23 November 11
CalPlug 2012: Looking Entirely Differently at Electricity and Set-top Boxes By Jimmy Schaeffler published 3 March 12
