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Mr Guy
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Mr Guy

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won't save a dime

Anyone thinking that pay TV providers are going to take less revenue are crazy. Oh and by the way since they have costs like content which always being raised are they going to get the content makers to come down on pricing? Nope they aren't taking revenue losses either. If al a carte could save people say 50% on their bill that means 50% or more less profit for the pay TV providers. You seriously think they are going to accept that? What color is the sky in that world? So if you only want 5 channels some pay TV provider will let you have that for $5? Um no it's not going to work that way. You are not getting cable TV for $5 or $10 a month. If cable TV takes a hit on revenue on programming they will simply raise the pricing other areas. Your $6 or $7 STB. Now it's $12 for the first and $10 for each additional one. With a $99 non refundable deposit required for each box.
elefante72
join:2010-12-03
East Amherst, NY

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You didn't get the memo. They are already grossly profitable on internet and phone. TV is the least profitable. They make up with the content lack of margins by already making obscene profits on STB.

To Verizon or AT&T they don't care -- They can become OTT provider or simply charge transit fees. Comcast, CV, etc have more to worry about because they are content creators too.

And if you follow the stock market, while revenue is looked at profitably and cash flow are much better indicators of stock growth in mature markets.

Also these guys will double down into Cloud hosting and business services which are massively profitable. Not to mention spying on you and reselling all your personal habits.

You have to get your head out of the fact that in a very short time, TV will NOT be needed for these guys to survive.
boredsysadm
join:2012-01-11

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Mr Astroturfer. Go turf somewhere else. The math is really simple. The second one is not forced to shove sports into basic level packages the price for TV goes down. Now the crazy prices of internet that's whole another topic and it mainly due to ISP monopoly. (slow options don't really count)

Mr Guy
@24.183.212.x

Mr Guy

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said by boredsysadm:

Mr Astroturfer. Go turf somewhere else.

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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO

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Skippy25

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Mommy?!?

MxxCon
join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY
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Actiontec MI424WR Rev. I

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how the hell is he astroturfer?!
What is says is very reasonable and realistic.
Yes, we all want alacarte, but none of the cable companies will allow it if it means they get a measly $20/household.
They will resist it for as long as possible until it will come to gov't involvement. At that point they will offer you alacarte for $20/channel, so your same 4-8 channels will turn into the same $100+ bill.
CableCo's excuse will be they worked to bundle channels to save you money. But now you don't get that bundle which means you are paying equivalent of MSRP for those channels.

This is not astroturfing. This is a realistic point of view of how cable industry will behave when faced with 90% revenue drop.