| Unfortunately this also got canceled with the Dec mtg Another item that was supposed to the on the Dec. 18 agenda was an order that would make it easier to file program-access complaints, and a proposal to prevent cable and broadcast programmers from making channel or tier placement a condition in program carriage deals with cable and satellite operators. What are the prospects for that item?
For the January meeting, I think they are dim.
You have independent operators coming forward saying they are being forced to purchase programming and put in on certain tiers whether consumers want it or not. And you have consumers who have complained about increasingly high cable rates. The FCC caved in to Hollywood and their paid pols on this one. It lets WB, Disney, Viacom, etc demand that cable and sat operators have to buy their programming in bundles and place it on tiers where it is included in a basic or expanded tier instead of a specialty sports tier or specialty movie tier.
This is what keeps content prices high. The current system keeps all the power with the content companies in contract negotiations. The proposed rule(which is now unlikely to proceed) would have allowed the sat & cable companies to gain some leverage in the negotiations.
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RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
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Yeah, that was pretty much ignored by everyone.
ESPN brags that they can outbid everyone else for things like the BCS bowl games because of the captive revenue from cable & satellite customers. It doesn't matter how high they bid since they really don't have to pay it...the viewers do. There is no market force involved here like there is with an ad-supported network which has to balance the income stream (ad rates) with the program cost (program rights fees) when bidding. And the worst part is that the viewers who don't even watch ESPN are forced to pay into this because Disney demands ESPN be on basic tiers.
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said by fAcEtIOUs:Another item that was supposed to the on the Dec. 18 agenda was an order that would make it easier to file program-access complaints, and a proposal to prevent cable and broadcast programmers from making channel or tier placement a condition in program carriage deals with cable and satellite operators. What are the prospects for that item?
For the January meeting, I think they are dim.
You have independent operators coming forward saying they are being forced to purchase programming and put in on certain tiers whether consumers want it or not. And you have consumers who have complained about increasingly high cable rates. The FCC caved in to Hollywood and their paid pols on this one. It lets WB, Disney, Viacom, etc demand that cable and sat operators have to buy their programming in bundles and place it on tiers where it is included in a basic or expanded tier instead of a specialty sports tier or specialty movie tier. This is what keeps content prices high. The current system keeps all the power with the content companies in contract negotiations. The proposed rule(which is now unlikely to proceed) would have allowed the sat & cable companies to gain some leverage in the negotiations. I have kids and will pay for a Disney teir. I don't want to pay for BET and channels like that. Shopping channels? Hope I don't have to pay for them. I would love ala cart but it won't happen for whatever reason. The liberals need to have their channels on TV and we will pay for them. I'm not even sure if PBS is needed any more. I like a few local programs so we should keep PBS but in the big picture not sure if they beat out discovery, TLC etc.
Back to BET why do I need to pay for that?? Never ever have watched it. |
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RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | I don't watch Fox News so I shouldn't have to pay for that, or any Disney channel either for that matter, right?
You were doing fine until the "liberal channels" comment.
Go back and read the story.
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