Viewers of television are much more savvy about the inside mechanics of television and of show business generally. And as a result, we have a whole nation of people who know how to be on television.

Our gaming and magazine businesses continue to perform very well whilst the television business is working its way through a difficult period,

Shamelessness is not the same as honesty.

It's hard to see any good guys in a dispute like this. In one sense, it's not like anyone has a constitutional right to Disney programs like 'Celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,' but on the other hand, it's always disturbing to see a company like Time Warner Cable, whose holdings pretty much constitute a monopoly in many areas, exercising their power by taking an entire channel off the air.

Together, our companies only have about 17 percent of the pay television market. Just the Comcast-AT&T [business] alone will have something well north of that, ... Just that company, in the cable industry, has about 78 percent, according to the FCC report in January. So we're a very small fish in a very big pond.

Sony was a leader in TV, looking to extend its platform and protect its current business. Samsung saw digital television as a new opportunity.