 qdemn7Smurf in My LoopPremium
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Fort Worth, TX | reply to richardpor
Re: A la carte will end up with less choice said by richardpor:Worst it could be more expensive if one looks at per channel. The studios will star demanding a high fee per channel. So a less popular channel might go $1.00 other channels cold be charge at HBO prices of $12.00, worst what happen if production and entertainment companies start demand WWE pay per view prices. Wold we see channels costing $39.00 a month? Bingo! If anyone "thinks" they're going to save a ton of money with a la carte they are sadly mistaken. The cable companies will simply jack the price up on individual channels.
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 VigThread-safe since 1997Premium
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San Diego, CA | I'm inclined to agree on the face of it, but I have this nagging thought. If it would actually give the cable companies a way to make more money than they do now, why are they against it? There must be something more going on to make them prefer the status quo.
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1 edit | said by Vig:I'm inclined to agree on the face of it, but I have this nagging thought. If it would actually give the cable companies a way to make more money than they do now, why are they against it? There must be something more going on to make them prefer the status quo. Because bundeling is not just how the cable company sells channels, it is also how they buy them. They have to pay for channels that nobody watches they get from the conted providers just like we have to pay for the channels we don't watch.
Also it will force them to go all digital requireing system upgrades and cable boxes in every houshold (but they will be able to charge for that) and they will need more/better billing software to handle everyone picky choices, more support staff...
In the end it's going to cost the cable companies a lot of money to switch over to a la carte programming and that cost WILL be passed on to consumers.
A la carte is NOT going to lower anyones cable bill. In the long run it will only lower the number of channels you get to chose from. |
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| Amen, and I have no desire to pay for multiple digital boxes. Actually, I have no desire to pay for even one digital box. |
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