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 Satellite 2012: OTT-Broadband TV Is Here, What's Next? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 29 March 12 Mixed Signals Pay TV Customer Service: It Demands Improvement By Jimmy Schaeffler published 16 July 10 Mixed Signals Cable Joins A Satellite Show: A Notable New Mixed Signal By Jimmy Schaeffler published 28 March 11 Mixed Signals Geoff Mason: The Premier ABC/Disney/ESPN Storyteller By Jimmy Schaeffler published 25 April 11 Mixed Signals Cable, Telco, and Satellite Pay-TV: Why Can't We All Just Get Along? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 1 July 10 Mixed Signals The State of TV Piracy In North America, Circa Q4, 2010 By Jimmy Schaeffler published 22 October 10 Mixed Signals Why DVRs Are a Must-Have By Jimmy Schaeffler published 28 January 06 Technology New Plays For Old Stakeholders: Application and Other Opportunities By Jimmy Schaeffler published 20 November 10 Mixed Signals Cable Vs. Satellite: Who Wins Which Battles? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 2 June 03 Viewpoint What If EchoStar Bought DirecTV? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 30 July 01 Viewpoint SCTE Engineers the Future of Cable and Internet By Jimmy Schaeffler published 10 May 17 Mixed Signals Video, Audio, Data, and The Internet of Things By Jimmy Schaeffler published 11 March 15 Mixed Signals Fixed Wireless 101: What Rivals Need to Know By Jimmy Schaeffler published 22 November 19 Mixed Signals Comcast, TiVo, AT&T, Dish: Four Possible Q4 Video Strategies By Jimmy Schaeffler published 30 September 15 Mixed Signals Peter Jennings' First Olympics: Lessons Learned In Munich By Jimmy Schaeffler published 30 July 12 Mixed Signals Olympics, Munich '72, Jennings: Post-Script # 1 By Jimmy Schaeffler published 7 August 12 Mixed Signals Pay TV Pandemonium: Cable, Satellite and Telco Get Shotgunned By Jimmy Schaeffler published 15 December 10 Mixed Signals VuDu: Walmart’s Video Magic At Retail By Jimmy Schaeffler published 4 February 13 Mixed Signals MVPD+TV Change=OTT and The Third Perfect Storm By Jimmy Schaeffler published 27 August 11 Mixed Signals So, Why Not a Broadcaster? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 8 March 04 Viewpoint TV Next Conference 2011: The OTTs Are Coming, The OTTs Are Coming! By Jimmy Schaeffler published 7 October 11 Mixed Signals 2016: Democrats Win White House, FCC By Jimmy Schaeffler published 25 November 14 Mixed Signals Memo To Aereo, Diller, Chet K: No, You’re Not Finished! By Jimmy Schaeffler published 5 April 14 Mixed Signals Telecom Lawyers, Part 1: Dish’s General Counsel, Stanton Dodge, Esq. By Jimmy Schaeffler published 31 December 13 Mixed Signals OVD Stakeholders in OTT-Land: Internet, Mobile and Online Video Magic By Jimmy Schaeffler published 15 May 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
Cable, Telco, and Satellite Pay-TV: Why Can't We All Just Get Along? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 1 July 10
New Plays For Old Stakeholders: Application and Other Opportunities By Jimmy Schaeffler published 20 November 10
Comcast, TiVo, AT&T, Dish: Four Possible Q4 Video Strategies By Jimmy Schaeffler published 30 September 15
Pay TV Pandemonium: Cable, Satellite and Telco Get Shotgunned By Jimmy Schaeffler published 15 December 10
TV Next Conference 2011: The OTTs Are Coming, The OTTs Are Coming! By Jimmy Schaeffler published 7 October 11
Telecom Lawyers, Part 1: Dish’s General Counsel, Stanton Dodge, Esq. By Jimmy Schaeffler published 31 December 13
OVD Stakeholders in OTT-Land: Internet, Mobile and Online Video Magic By Jimmy Schaeffler published 15 May 12
