Jimmy Schaeffler Social Links Navigation Jimmy 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 Cable, Telco, and Satellite Pay-TV: Why Can't We All Just Get Along? By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 1 July 10 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 The Holy Alliance of Digital Signage and Pay TV: Near or Far Away? By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 23 November 11 Mixed Signals Satellite 2012: OTT-Broadband TV Is Here, What's Next? By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 29 March 12 Mixed Signals New Plays For Old Stakeholders: Application and Other Opportunities By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 20 November 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 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 Fixed Wireless 101: What Rivals Need to Know By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 22 November 19 Mixed Signals SCTE Engineers the Future of Cable and Internet By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 10 May 17 Mixed Signals Olympics, Munich '72, Jennings: Post-Script # 1 By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 7 August 12 Mixed Signals VuDu: Walmart’s Video Magic At Retail By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 4 February 13 Mixed Signals Peter Jennings' First Olympics: Lessons Learned In Munich By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 30 July 12 Mixed Signals Pay TV Pandemonium: Cable, Satellite and Telco Get Shotgunned By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 15 December 10 Mixed Signals Litigation and the New OVDs and MVPD Wannabees: Follow That Money! By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 20 September 12 Mixed Signals So, Why Not a Broadcaster? By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 8 March 04 Viewpoint Comcast, TiVo, AT&T, Dish: Four Possible Q4 Video Strategies By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 30 September 15 Mixed Signals Video, Audio, Data, and The Internet of Things By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 11 March 15 Mixed Signals 2016: Democrats Win White House, FCC By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 25 November 14 Mixed Signals TV Next Conference 2011: The OTTs Are Coming, The OTTs Are Coming! By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 7 October 11 Mixed Signals MVPD+TV Change=OTT and The Third Perfect Storm By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 27 August 11 Mixed Signals Xbox: Microsoft’s Big Cat In An Amazon of Digital Media By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 17 January 13 Mixed Signals Forum: Speaking of Satellites and Sexy Set-Tops By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 3 January 00 Viewpoint 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 ARTICLES 1 B+C Hall of Fame Honors the Class of 2025 2 B+C Hall of Fame Announces Its Class of 2025 3 DirecTV Acquires Dish, Unifying Struggling Satellite Business 4 Next Text: As DirecTV and Dish Try to Seize the Remains of the Day, Does It Even Matter? 5 Freeze 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
CalPlug 2012: Looking Entirely Differently at Electricity and Set-top Boxes By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 3 March 12
The Holy Alliance of Digital Signage and Pay TV: Near or Far Away? By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 23 November 11
New Plays For Old Stakeholders: Application and Other Opportunities By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 20 November 10
Pay TV Pandemonium: Cable, Satellite and Telco Get Shotgunned By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 15 December 10
Litigation and the New OVDs and MVPD Wannabees: Follow That Money! By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 20 September 12
Comcast, TiVo, AT&T, Dish: Four Possible Q4 Video Strategies By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 30 September 15
TV Next Conference 2011: The OTTs Are Coming, The OTTs Are Coming! By Jimmy Schaeffler Published 7 October 11
