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 celeritypcFor Lucky Best Wash, Use Mr. SparklePremium
join:2004-05-15
Caldwell, NJ | reply to MxxCon
Re: just Maybe said by MxxCon:i'm sure cable industry doesn't want alacarte but what if their original statement that it'll be more expensive was true.. now they see that ppl are pushing for it so they'll say "screw you customers idiots. you want your alacarte, here have it: cnn will be $4/month, discovery chan will be $5/month, comedy central $5/month" so in the end it will indeed be more expensive Actually, the cable providers would love a la carte. Now, with digital technology, it is really easy for it to happen, cable companies stand to make a good deal of money and at the same time, give the people what they think they want. It's the programmers that are not all that interested in a la carte as they would lose potential eyeballs from their programming. This is why they bundle channels to the cable companies. Disney/ABC/ESPN and Viacom are the two biggies here. | |
 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | said by celeritypc:said by MxxCon:i'm sure cable industry doesn't want alacarte but what if their original statement that it'll be more expensive was true.. now they see that ppl are pushing for it so they'll say "screw you customers idiots. you want your alacarte, here have it: cnn will be $4/month, discovery chan will be $5/month, comedy central $5/month" so in the end it will indeed be more expensive Actually, the cable providers would love a la carte. Now, with digital technology, it is really easy for it to happen, cable companies stand to make a good deal of money and at the same time, give the people what they think they want. It's the programmers that are not all that interested in a la carte as they would lose potential eyeballs from their programming. This is why they bundle channels to the cable companies. Disney/ABC/ESPN and Viacom are the two biggies here. Well. those that would lose eyeballs just need to die out and free up bandwidth for worthwhile channels so providers wouldn't have to compress the crap out of the good ones to fit those worthless channels in.
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 rtcyFACTS only pleasePremium
join:1999-10-16
Norwalk, CA | reply to celeritypc
Actually, the cable providers would love a la carte. Now, with digital technology, it is really easy for it to happen, cable companies stand to make a good deal of money and at the same time, give the people what they think they want. It's the programmers that are not all that interested in a la carte as they would lose potential eyeballs from their programming. This is why they bundle channels to the cable companies. Disney/ABC/ESPN and Viacom are the two biggies here.
I wanted to add ONE channel to my small dish (dishnetwork) so that my 2 kids could have the BOOM ? (old cartoons) channel in each of their rooms, this cost me 10 or 12 more a month because you have to go from America's top 120 to 180 and in that justification of theirs I get screwed.
So I dropped the HBO lineup to pay for that one cartoon channel. now i only have HBO in the front room on the big dish setup.
people want choice, they want forced control, and our politicians are up for sale as usual | |
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