reply to BosstonesOwn So how about the cable providers give us an incentive to have them on our ala carte lineup? Like an $X reduction in our bill for each shopping channel we add. (The reduction, of course, wouldn't be more than the cable companies get from the shopping channels and would be rigged in such a way that it wouldn't result in a "negative bill.") I know I'd add them into my lineup for the bill reduction and just skip over them like I've always done. -- -Jason Levine My Gallery | Jason's Toolbox | PCQandA.com | URateit.com
Yeah right , you really think they are going to give a discount?
Maybe they should be looked in on like the oil companies. The prices seemed to drop real quick once they looked into the oil companies. -- "It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!"
I didn't say I actually thought they would give us a discount. Just that it made sense to me for them do. As I see it, everybody wins. Customers are happy because they get a (slight) bill reduction. Cable companies are happy because more ala carte customers add shopping channels to their lineup which lets them claim more eyeballs when talking to the distributors. Distributors are happy because their shopping channels wind up on a shorter channel lineup. (If you owned HSN, would you prefer that it was channel number 47 of 539 or that it was channel number 5 of 12?) Of course, there I go again trying to apply logic to the cable companies business plans. -- -Jason Levine My Gallery | Jason's Toolbox | PCQandA.com | URateit.com
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Just that it made sense to me for them do. As I see it, everybody wins. Customers are happy because they get a (slight) bill reduction. Cable companies are happy because more ala carte customers add shopping channels to their lineup which lets them claim more eyeballs when talking to the distributors. Distributors are happy because their shopping channels wind up on a shorter channel lineup. (If you owned HSN, would you prefer that it was channel number 47 of 539 or that it was channel number 5 of 12?) Of course, there I go again trying to apply logic to the cable companies business plans.