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Re: One Big problem said by Transmaster:McCain is so full of $hit his eyes are brown. A La Carte pricing will cost the consumer more not less The cableco's will love it they can charge more for everything. McCain good ideas have cost us a lot. Look at his marvelous champagne reform law. It put even more money into this cesspool. Even MTV networks is saying his bill is crap. They know because it means that budgets would be altered by the income generated from a la carte. A network with a slightly less success rate will fall even more, and get cut. People will start to lose channels that have intelligent programming, in exchange for crap like Nick at Night (no offense, but this is the new millenium, and shows from the 60's aren't exactly what the majority of America watches these days. If you consider that the majority of TV watchers are youths (look at all the drama based reality TV shows on EVERY major network, from Suvivor, Fear Factor, American Chopper) this is all crap I could care less about, but do get entertainment from occasionally. I will stop now with my rant, but you really need to consider that the cable lineup for your franchise is dependant on local demand, not what the company wants to buy. They negotiate deals to aquire certain channels from people like Viacom, Disney, Universal, etc, and the deals dictate they must sell certain channels together in the same tier, or else pay outragous fees to "cherrypick" the best stations. Lets go ONE STEP FURTHER and say NEITHER SATELLITE OR CABLE has offered a la carte packages for specific channels, which should tell you that both regulated (franchise regulated) and non-regulated TV products are both not offering it for a very good reason. Because satellite is nothing that involves stringing up wires on the poles around the city, they are not bound to the same tax brackets as CATV, and therefore can get away with a little more price reduction from the vendors because their content and packages stay the same nationwide, leaving customers with less choices. People not AGAINST a la carte need to re-think the math and politics involved in being an MSO (major service operator). If you'd have to raise your rates to offer select channels, then even the NON a la carte customers would suffer an increase in their bill because of the loss of revenue on the "pickey persons" complex with just memorizing their channels of choice. Get a cable box, set favorite channels, and just channel surf that way.
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 DaveDudeNo Fear
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1 edit | said by phattieg: Even MTV networks is saying his bill is crap.
Probably because they would be the first network to be dropped by Millions of consumers looking for decent programming. The MTVs would be first, then lifetime, and WE. Does anyone remenber the last time mtv played a video ?
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| said by DaveDude:Probably because they would be the first network to be dropped by Millions of consumers looking for decent programming. The MTVs would be first, then lifetime, and WE. You may think so but MTV Networks include these cable channels
* Country Music Television (CMT)
* CMT Pure Country (was VH1 Country)
* Comedy Central
* Logo
* MHD (MTV's high-definition channel)
* MTV
* MTV Desi
* MTV Hits
* MTV Jams
* MTV2
* mtvU
* Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite
* Nickelodeon GAS
* NickToons Network
* Noggin/The N
* Spike TV
* TV Land
* VH1
* VH1 Classic
* VH1 Soul
* VH1 Uno
MTV forces cable companies to carry most of these channels it they want to carry MTV. I do not see why this type of "bundeling" will have to change just becaue the cable company is forced to unbundle channels for the consumer. |
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 TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
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Cheyenne, WY | Ala Cart would farther solidify the control of programing on cable and satellite by Time Warner, and other giant entertainment holding companies. Small start ups would not stand a chance. How many of you have watched RFDTV. I have watched this first rate independent channel grow and continue to improve it's unique programming in the few years since it's beginning. Then there is stuff like FSTV (free speech TV) a Channel which seems like every time I have looked in on it has really fat ugly women bitching about everything. 
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