This is a really interesting article that highlights the disruptive nature of online content. We’re going to see more of this as the web continues to mainstream as a video distribution platform that upends broadcast and cable broadband.

During the negotiations, Time Warner Cable threatened to make it easier for its subscribers to connect laptop computers to their televisions so that Viacom shows could stream directly onto subscribers’ televisions. The cable company also argued that it shouldn’t have to pay more to distribute shows that Viacom made available free in other media. At one point, it looked as if Viacom might have escalated by trying to block Time Warner Cable broadband subscribers from accessing its Web sites to see its shows.

[From Opinion: Consumer Choice Saves 'Dora' - WSJ.com]