kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
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Re: a la carte won't save most people any money
said by GOLFnSUN  :A la carte programming costs will be such that it will never really save most customers money. For those who rarely watch TV and are satisfied with bare bones basic cable, a la carte could help them cut costs where they can take basic plus one or 2 favored channels. But for those who like a smattering of sports, movies, some HDTV, childrens shows, and a music channel or 2, the costs will turn out to be the same(but with less channels to watch). Of course, it's false again.
Rich, Rich, you're waaay too well-known here as the puppet of Big Business - do you really think people are totally dumb and cannot calculate how much they could save?
ROFL. |
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GOLFnSUN
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
3 edits | NM. Discussion is going off topic. |
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Topmounter
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join:2001-02-20
Evergreen, CO
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Re: a la carte won't save most people any money
Yep, anyone who actually knows how the programmers price their programming to cable and satellite providers today knows enough to understand that "ala carte" pricing is not the solution to lower cable rates for most consumers.
If anything, it will make prices higher, or even put many niche networks out of business all together.
Congress and the FCC need to be whining about the programmers like ESPN and not the cable operators. |
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r8drfan4ever
join:2003-01-13
York, PA | Ahhhh, finally. Someone gets it right. |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
| Really he doesn't.
ESPN, CBS, FOX, NBC bid in an open market to get distribution rights to these sporting events. They set the price they are going to pay for these events, the event coordinators / leagues don't. They may have a starting price, but until someone is actually willing to buy something the true value is $0 and the ending value is simply whatever the most money the last person standing is willing to pay.
Of course that gets passed down to the consumers and the advertisers. Of course, we the consumers, get it again when we go to purchase those products being advertised. |
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