[In an era when the supply of films - on DVD, video-on-demand and digital downloading - is exploding, premium pay television services have little choice but to come up with something new.] A cable network has got to invest in original programming to differentiate itself, ... And it has to be agenda-setting programming, the way 'Sex and the City' was for HBO. Showtime has to catch up. I expect acceleration in original content.
— Michael Nathanson
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