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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to dcaponegro5
What is states is 'the price per channel is dropping', not the actual price of cable service.
200 channels (may be 10 of any interest) for ~$65
pay $ 15/month for HBO/Starz/Showtime, etc.
vs.
40 channels (may be 10 of any interest) for $45
optional pay $15 for HBO/Starz/Showtime, etc.
I'd obviously pay for the 40 channels of what I would use.
A la carte programming will be pricey per channel, ($1 to $5/channel), and would probably also raise the price of the bundles (as many would drop them completely), and all those junk channels would dissapear. New forms of bundling would (and already are) appearing.
'News' bundles
'Family' bundles
'Sports' bundles
'Science' bundles
'Kids' bundles
etc.
Either way, cable/satellite programmers know how to make money, and will make it wether you have 200 channels with 190 junk or 40 channels and 30 junk... cost of service will be roughly the same, its just packaged differently. |
