said by baineschile:thats exactly what the article is trying to say....these stations, style, science, military....there isnt enough viewship to sustain them a-la-carte. the networks and the sports would survive, and maybe a few others that have been around a while (TNT, USA), but i see most of the industry dying.
This is the problem with a-la-carte in essence. Many networks/channels would go out of business without the package deals we have today. I would be happy to pay for military, history, discovery, and so on, but there are many channels I wouldn't pay for that I would watch. Those channels would be hard pressed to make money.
Maybe a-la-carte is the way to go though, just to get rid of the crap networks like Fox Reality.