subscriber and you think you can get on this blackout to watch anything, think again. cbs has blocked you from accessing its shows there until this battle is over. i also have to mention that time warner cable is not a part of time warner, which is the owner of cnn. let s talk more about this dispute between time warner cable and cbs, a cnn global economic analyst. great to see you. thank you. so contract disputes like this between content creators, content distributors, not new. but why has this one gone so far? well, i think the stakes are big because the players are so big. cbs is in an usual position, frankly, amongst major broadcasters. it has some of the top shows in the country. it s number one among broadcasters in the 18 to 49 category, which is topped for advertisers. so it can afford to act like it s still in the 1990s. when tv was much more flush, frankly, and when advertising dollars were bigger. i think it has a once in a