 kalphearionIn nomine PatriPremium
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Broomfield, CO | sounds cool I usually only watch the basic channels, 4,7,9 31 for news but at times I like to watch SciFi and some other various "non standard" channels.
The breaking point is going to be how much you would save if you went a-la-carte compared to buying the whole package.
I forsee the Cable companies just creating a few more packages. |
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| said by kalphearion:The breaking point is going to be how much you would save if you went a-la-carte compared to buying the whole package. I forsee the Cable companies just creating a few more packages. I agree. The question will be, how much will each channel cost in the end? I'm guessing that some channels will cost more then others, and the thing you will have to look at is if you only want say 3 channels, and each one is $5, is that less then what you are currently paying to get 500 channels?
For example, I pay around $56 a month for TWC in Kenosha, WI. That gives me access to over 1500 Channels. Now, looking at the list of channels, the ones I watch on a daily basis are
1) TNT
2) USA Network
3) FX
4) Lifetime
5) Discovery Channel
6) A&E
7) Nickelodeon
8) Cartoon Network
9) Food TV
So, if each channel will cost me say $5, then my cable bill will be $45 a month. Is it really worth it for me to save the 11 bucks or so a month? Probably not. But, if each channel was say $1 each, then I would only be paying $9 a month for cable TV. In that case, IT would be a savings for me.
In the end, it would depend on how much each channel costs, and if the overall savings is worth it or not.
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Evergreen, CO | Why is no one demanding that the Satellite providers provider ala carte pricing? With no analog channels, they are in a much better position to provide ala carte pricing.
It is not just the cost of programming, you have to remember that there is also a cost of delivery and service, as well as overhead costs.
Cable and Satellite providers don't control the cost of programming, so if the programmers don't play ball, then ala carte pricing is dead in the water.
With ala carte pricing, programming costs will go UP, not down. Cable operators will have to pay more on a per subscriber basis for each channel (or bundle of Channels, call the folks in Bristol sometime and tell them you are a cable operator and you want to carry ESPN and not ESPN2 on your system  ) because they won't get volume discounts.
Someday you might be able to get some channels ala carte, but except for a few edge cases, it is not going to be at a substantial savings to what you pay for the current programming packages.
At $9 per month for 9 channels, you would be costing the cable company far more money than they would be making.
At $45 per month for 9 channels, in many cases, the CableCo would be better off rolling you into a package anyway just to get the better programming costs on the channels you say you never watch. |
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said by plencnerb:For example, I pay around $56 a month for TWC in Kenosha, WI. That gives me access to over 1500 Channels. 1500? I don't think that I've seen a 4-digit converter box... |
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My guess is that if the cable companies are forced to provide ala carte options, it'll wind up being cheaper to buy the packages. It'll probably wind up being $5 per channel (with some of the more popular channels costing more), so that your ala carte bill would wind up marginally smaller than, if not larger than, your package bill.
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said by J D McDorce:1500? I don't think that I've seen a 4-digit converter box... Yeah. Below are some of the channels that are numbered over 1000.
1010 - Movies on Demand
1103 - G4Techtv on Demand
1121 - Court TV on Demand
1152 - Kids on Demand
1300 - HBO on Demand
1800 - Adult on Demand
1999 - Answers on Demand
Looking at the list, all the "On Demand" stuff is 1000 or above. There is also lots of breaks in the numbers as well, which I'm guessing is for future additions.
My Box has the name "Scientific Atlanta" in the upper left corner, and the words "Explorer 2000 Digital Home Communications Terminal" on the bottom right side.
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