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Re: The basic flaw... said by burgerwars:Perfect A La Carta pricing would be to call them up and say you only want one channel and nothing else. If I lived in Canada, I would say I want CNN for $2, and the rest would be what I could get with an antenna. True - but that's the problem. The content providers have no interest in their channels being offered ala carte, so they won't let the cable companies sell that way. And even if they were forced to offer channels separately, the cable companies can't afford to support subscribers who only generate $2/month in revenue.
And for those who want IP delivery of a channel, the guys who own the channels have no interest in bypassing the cable and sat companies and threatening the massive revenue they get from that source. |
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00000 | said by travelguy:And even if they were forced to offer channels separately, the cable companies can't afford to support subscribers who only generate $2/month in revenue. Then they adapt and change their model. It can be done. I can never see a cable bill going for $2 for one channel, but I can see a 3-5 channel selection for $15 being offered. People would love to just have the channels they want.
Cable can survive in an a la carte environment. It's the annoying channels that cannot. |
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