 mbernsteBoostedPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ | Cablevision "can't just do it" With all the "include the crappy channel" contracts that they have with Time Warner (HBO) Disney (ESPN) and Viacom (CBS), they can't offer a la carte until those contracts expire. Once they do expire, they would need federal law to be passed to prevent the content providers of such bundling. Once that is done, then, and only then can Cablevision offer a la carte.
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR | said by mbernste:With all the "include the crappy channel" contracts that they have with Time Warner (HBO) Disney (ESPN) and Viacom (CBS), they can't offer a la carte until those contracts expire. Once they do expire, they would need federal law to be passed to prevent the content providers of such bundling. Once that is done, then, and only then can Cablevision offer a la carte. That's Right! Look at all the squabbling between the content providers and the distributors about which channels get included in the "basic" package; e.g., OLN and Dish Network. Unless the law changes, the content providers will never go along with a la carte, because they want to boost the ratings of their less-popular channels. |
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | said by PDXPLT:Unless the law changes, the content providers will never go along with a la carte, because they want to boost the ratings of their less-popular channels. Those channels wont get any better ratings if nobody is watching them. I say let them die out naturally if nobody is watching them, they're just a waste of bandwidth. And it burns me that i have to subsidize those people that like sports. if you want it, you should pay for it like people that want HBO pay for it.
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 Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ | reply to PDXPLT
A La Carte does not mean Dish Network has to carry OLN though...... |
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