| Until content owners of all types... Until Content owners of all types are forced to sell at the same price to everyone regardless of ownership the system is going to be broken.
I've said it a thousand times but there need to be Four simple rules to sell content.
1. They sell it to everyone without discrimination.
2. That there are no conditions on the purchase of other content (in other words they can buy ESPN and not have to buy every other Channel)
3. That the channel is sold for the same price to everyone. No group discounts, no exclusive arrangements, etc...
4. There are absolutely no rules on where the channel lands or how it's delivered.
As soon as Congress enacts these rules prices for all services will drop or at least level off. The single biggest reason your Cable or Satellite goes up every year is because Disney, ABC, and all the other Force the providers to buy every channel at exorbitant prices, provide exclusivity deals and generally do everything they can to limit competition between content providers.
When Comcast and DirectTV can pay for channels separately and dump channels they don't want or cost to much and they can decide themselves which packages include which channels prices will finally level off. Today there is no competition between channels because there is little to no incentive for competition. When Disney can force every provider to carry 20 niche channels simply so the provider can carry ESPN, well that's why the system is broken and prices keep going up.
Most people don't realize this but ESPN is included in every single package because Disney requires them to do so and it's the most expensive channel available. Without the restrictions Disney imposes there would be a package available from every provider without ESPN that was at least $5 cheaper a month. Not only that but it would be a fairly popular package because regardless of what the press touts ESPN's appeal isn't universal. |
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| Nice little spiel, but does nothing to address the issue at hand. Comcast could still just charge $50/subscriber for CSN to everyone including themselves. |
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said by rahvin112:Most people don't realize this but ESPN is included in every single package because Disney requires them to do so and it's the most expensive channel available. Without the restrictions Disney imposes there would be a package available from every provider without ESPN that was at least $5 cheaper a month. Not only that but it would be a fairly popular package because regardless of what the press touts ESPN's appeal isn't universal. In Canada they have a la carte and theme packs. |
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| in the US they do too. It's called C-BAND. |
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