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 Trade CEOs: ACA Connects' Matt Polka By Jimmy Schaeffler published 29 July 19 Mixed Signals Pandemic Broadband: It's Working By Jimmy Schaeffler published 1 April 20 Mixed Signals Pay TV Consumer Protection 101: Warning! By Jimmy Schaeffler published 4 November 19 Mixed Signals Fixed Wireless Pay TV: Understanding the New DNA By Jimmy Schaeffler published 25 October 17 Mixed Signals 6 More Trends Driving the Future of TV By Jimmy Schaeffler published 19 April 16 Mixed Signals TV Next Conference 2011: The OTTs Are Coming, The OTTs Are Coming! By Jimmy Schaeffler published 7 October 11 Mixed Signals Cable Finance 101: Highlighting Cash Flow and Industry Knowledge By Jimmy Schaeffler published 24 October 19 Mixed Signals New Plays For Old Stakeholders: Application and Other Opportunities By Jimmy Schaeffler published 20 November 10 Mixed Signals Geoff Mason: The Premier ABC/Disney/ESPN Storyteller By Jimmy Schaeffler published 25 April 11 Mixed Signals Pay TV Pandemonium: Cable, Satellite and Telco Get Shotgunned By Jimmy Schaeffler published 15 December 10 Mixed Signals The State of TV Piracy In North America, Circa Q4, 2010 By Jimmy Schaeffler published 22 October 10 Mixed Signals Pay TV Customer Service: It Demands Improvement By Jimmy Schaeffler published 16 July 10 Mixed Signals So, Why Not a Broadcaster? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 8 March 04 Forum: Speaking of Satellites and Sexy Set-Tops By Jimmy Schaeffler published 3 January 00 What If EchoStar Bought DirecTV? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 30 July 01 Cable Vs. Satellite: Who Wins Which Battles? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 2 June 03 Peter Jennings' First Olympics: Lessons Learned In Munich By Jimmy Schaeffler published 30 July 12 Mixed Signals Paying for 2019’s New Broadband: New Financing for Cable, WISPs, FISPs, and Hybrids By Jimmy Schaeffler published 15 May 19 Mixed Signals Fixed Wireless Broadband: Nirvana for Cord-Cutters By Jimmy Schaeffler published 26 March 18 Mixed Signals Losing Our Balance — and Our Democracy — to the U.S. Supreme Court? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 26 July 18 Mixed Signals Norwegian Telecom: Facing The Same U.S. Obstacles? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 19 April 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 2013: Making Cable’s Digital Change By Jimmy Schaeffler published 17 March 13 Mixed Signals NCTA’s Michael Powell Opines By Jimmy Schaeffler published 21 March 13 Mixed Signals CTAM 2013: Cable's Top 3 Marketing Initiatives By Jimmy Schaeffler published 5 September 13 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 ARTICLES1Publisher’s Message2DirecTV Acquires Dish, Unifying Struggling Satellite Business 3Next Text: As DirecTV and Dish Try to Seize the Remains of the Day, Does It Even Matter?4Freeze Frame: B+C Hall of Fame 20245E.W. Scripps Folding Scripps News, Eliminating 200 Jobs; Stock Jumps 15%
TV Next Conference 2011: The OTTs Are Coming, The OTTs Are Coming! By Jimmy Schaeffler published 7 October 11
Cable Finance 101: Highlighting Cash Flow and Industry Knowledge By Jimmy Schaeffler published 24 October 19
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
Paying for 2019’s New Broadband: New Financing for Cable, WISPs, FISPs, and Hybrids By Jimmy Schaeffler published 15 May 19
Losing Our Balance — and Our Democracy — to the U.S. Supreme Court? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 26 July 18
Intel TV (Part 2): Coming To A (lot of) Video Screen(s) Near You? By Jimmy Schaeffler published 15 May 13
