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 RR ConductorNWP RR Inc.,serving NW CAPremium
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Re: Not terribly concerned said by Blackened:.. about widespread HDTV, especially compared to the lack of choice in content in terms of the crap people pay for just to get service. Once consumers get a la carte, then we can explore the standards of HDTV. Until then, no cable/satellite television gets any money from me, regardless of how crisply defined it is. I'm against A La Carte, many good, but lesser watched channels (like RFD TV »www.rfdtv.com/ ) could be gone without the money coming in from the other channels. I don't mind paying a little more if it means I get a choice of channels, and the channels I watch will be there tomorrow.
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| said by RR Conductor:said by Blackened:.. about widespread HDTV, especially compared to the lack of choice in content in terms of the crap people pay for just to get service. Once consumers get a la carte, then we can explore the standards of HDTV. Until then, no cable/satellite television gets any money from me, regardless of how crisply defined it is. I'm against A La Carte, many good, but lesser watched channels (like RFD TV) could be gone without the money coming in from the other channels. I don't mind paying a little more if it means I get a choice of channels, and the channels I watch will be there tomorrow. I don't mind others having the option, I just want the option not to have a bunch of channels I'll never watch and hence not want to pay a ridiculous price for. Until then, they don't get money at all from me. I watch my NHL Center Ice Online and use other methods to watch shows I used to on TV. 
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RR ConductorNWP RR Inc.,serving NW CAPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
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1 edit | The problem is though if too many take the a la carte option, the money for those other networks dries up and the channels go out of business. | |
| said by RR Conductor:The problem is though if too many take the a la carte option, the money for those other networks dry up and the channels go out of business. Then they need to do a bit of attracting more customers, no? I don't get why I'd have to pay for a slew of channels I don't care for, and are not necessary or even interesting to me since I don't live out in the country nor do I (nor will I ever) watch NASCAR, bull riding, Imus, etc. It would be a waste of my money.
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RR ConductorNWP RR Inc.,serving NW CAPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
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2 edits | said by Blackened:said by RR Conductor:The problem is though if too many take the a la carte option, the money for those other networks dry up and the channels go out of business. Then they need to do a bit of attracting more customers, no? I don't get why I'd have to pay for a slew of channels I don't care for, and are not necessary or even interesting to me since I don't live out in the country nor do I (nor will I ever) watch NASCAR, bull riding, Imus, etc. It would be a waste of my money. See, there's the problem, you live in an urban area, and one with a lot of money. So if you get to decide what is "important", then those in rural areas like mine (Mendocino County) suffer because of it. I don't watch Nascar or Imus (I can't stand Imus, O'Reily, Limbaugh, Savage, Maher or the other loudmouths) either, but RFD TV is MUCH more, you didn't explore the page too well 
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1 edit | said by RR Conductor:said by Blackened:said by RR Conductor:The problem is though if too many take the a la carte option, the money for those other networks dry up and the channels go out of business. Then they need to do a bit of attracting more customers, no? I don't get why I'd have to pay for a slew of channels I don't care for, and are not necessary or even interesting to me since I don't live out in the country nor do I (nor will I ever) watch NASCAR, bull riding, Imus, etc. It would be a waste of my money. See, there's the problem, you live in an urban area, and one with a lot of money. So if you get to decide what is "important", then those in rural areas like mine (Mendocino County) suffer because of it. I don't watch Nascar either, but RFD TV is MUCH more, you didn't explore the page too well The point is (and the entire premise behind a la carte) I decide what's important for me. Not someone else deciding what's important for me, especially when it comes to entertainment. It makes little sense to pay for these types of channels (that do not provide some essential service, like, say, C-SPAN does) I don't want to watch merely because someone else likes it. If that isn't enough to keep the channel alive, I don't know what to say. The pendulum swings both ways.
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said by RR Conductor:....So if you get to decide what is "important", then those in rural areas like mine (Mendocino County) suffer because of it. I don't watch Nascar or Imus (I can't stand Imus, O'Reily, Limbaugh, Savage, Maher or the other loudmouths) either, but RFD TV is MUCH more, you didn't explore the page too well Don't confuse cause and effect. The cause is that vertical monopolies want to make more money. The effect is that they dictate what channels are available. If the market could dictate, it would say to get rid of the poorly-rated channels and (possibly) carry other channels (possibly) not owned by vertical monopolies.
If a channel is so good that it needs to be on a particular system, and capitalism doesn't provide for that (that is, it's not profitable to do so), then the public interest should dictate. In other words, the FCC or some cable-regulating body should say a provider must carry that channel, and if necessary a subsidy (tax- or fee-funded) should be given to the provider to cover their unmet costs.
Cable subscription is voluntary. However in most areas there is not enough competition to guarantee any real choice. Therefore choices are best guaranteed by an elected body, not shareholder- and owner-appointed management that must first consider its own financial interest before subscriber's interests.
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