And what was the reason again for why cable networks were supposed to be privatized? Wasn't it supposed to be to lower prices through competition? Could someone please shove the entire collection of cable network operators up the ass of these market economy fetishists who are always banging on about the power of the private market?
What a mess. Now we have a genially gigantic selection of one cable network operator. And specifically a private one that's hardly controllable at all. Really great stuff.
At heise online news there's the original article.