RayW
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Layton, UT
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Re: A-la-carte not feasable they use to say?
You are probably right Rachel, but it is nice to dream of being able to have what I want and not have to pull a lot of deadwood around. But then I guess that is being 'insensitive'.
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rachelsfx
join:2004-09-27
Pensacola, FL
| Hello,
I think that a-la-carte programming would eventually cost everyone more money. I think the "expensive" channels need to stop paying ridiculous prices for some programming. NFL comes easily to mind. ESPN would lose hundreds of millions without forcing it on everyone. Sports and Disney so far have become the most ridiculously high-priced channels. And, think about it, do you really want news and information censored by pricing schemes? Over-paying for programming is the biggest problem I see. The NFL and NBA don't make money until Cable and Satellite chips in the dough. Just about everyone else does. I would like to see PBS axed since we have enough news without taxes paying for it.
Rachel |
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RayW
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Layton, UT
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| Rachel,
I do not see why you are assuming that the news channels would be priced out of range (censored) and only the rich can afford a decent one. Most of them usually have advertisement to help pay the way. If people can not justify the cost, then the media will not carry them due to lack of interest, which means they would fold. A-la-carte would also mean that the sports channels would have to lower rates or not be seen, not just rake in captive customers since they can.
I must admit, I do not have cable or satellite, I do not watch TV (except sometimes on travel when I am in a hotel, IF there is anything decent on, and that usually means a book), I listen to a public supported (not tax) radio station in my area, and I look at the net and skim for news there. Quite frankly I do not care for the FORCED paying for diversity, I prefer the option of getting diversity if I CHOOSE to pay for it.
And on PBS, while it has had some good shows like "Nova" and "Nature", in the past it tended to be too one sided in what some people call a 'liberal' direction. A good idea gone sour due to attempts to be a one sided political platform paid for by taxes.
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