Time Warner Cable shows customers how to get TV for free

Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt has been an outspoken critic of the networks' online efforts, arguing that free, ad-supported TV sites such as Hulu undermine the subscription-TV revenues that the industry depends on. LA Times Blog reports.

Recently, however, Time Warner Cable has been urging its customers to use those very sites -- and to watch them on their TV sets, no less. Among other things, the company is offering a quick video tutorial on how to connect a PC or laptop to a TV set.

And if customers can't figure out how to make the connections on their own, Time Warner employees will provide the necessary cables and help with the installation.

... What's behind the latest move? A dispute between the LIN TV group and Time Warner over "retransmission consent," or the fees cable operators pay for the right to carry local stations' broadcasts."

emily | 9:07 AM | Sites streaming the latest TV shows |
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