markofmayhem
join:2004-04-08
Pittsburgh, PA
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Re: That Didn't Take Long!
FIOS was $20 more per month than the same channel listing with Comcast in my area. Only difference was ESPNU wasn't on the Comcast list. Only channels I want are my locals in HD, Noggin, ESPN and ESPN2 in HD, NFLN, The History Channel, and the CNN/MSNBC/Fox News trio, and a DVR. Comcast is cheaper than Fios and satellite in my area for a package for this. General sweeping "MUCH" statements don't help.
This is just more proof, it's not Verizon; it's not Comcast; it's not Cox; it's not Time Warner; it's not Dish; it's not DirecTV... it's the CHANNELS! Disney is the problem. Universal is the problem. Prices will continue to rise because of them. The more money that is lost in the theatres, the more they will charge you for USA Network and ESPN2 on your home TV bill. |
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TKJunkMail
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|  said by markofmayhem  :it's not Verizon; it's not Comcast; it's not Cox; it's not Time Warner; it's not Dish; it's not DirecTV... it's the CHANNELS! Disney is the problem. Universal is the problem. Prices will continue to rise because of them. The more money that is lost in the theatres, the more they will charge you for USA Network and ESPN2 on your home TV bill. You have hit on the correct formula behind price increases. It is the content providers that cause rate increases, not the sat or cable companies.
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DaveNJ
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1 edit | said by TKJunkMail :said by markofmayhem :it's not Verizon; it's not Comcast; it's not Cox; it's not Time Warner; it's not Dish; it's not DirecTV... it's the CHANNELS! Disney is the problem. Universal is the problem. Prices will continue to rise because of them. The more money that is lost in the theatres, the more they will charge you for USA Network and ESPN2 on your home TV bill. You have hit on the correct formula behind price increases. It is the content providers that cause rate increases, not the sat or cable companies. Thats why we need alat carte so we can drop these channels.
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Any WHY is it the channels? Because of ownership rules allowed by the guv'mnt allows just a few companies to own a huge portion of the media content in the country. So they have the power to say "You want X channel, well you must take channels z,q,p too or we won't give you X".
said by TKJunkMail :said by markofmayhem :it's not Verizon; it's not Comcast; it's not Cox; it's not Time Warner; it's not Dish; it's not DirecTV... it's the CHANNELS! Disney is the problem. Universal is the problem. Prices will continue to rise because of them. The more money that is lost in the theatres, the more they will charge you for USA Network and ESPN2 on your home TV bill. You have hit on the correct formula behind price increases. It is the content providers that cause rate increases, not the sat or cable companies. |
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manfmmd
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said by DaveNJ :said by TKJunkMail :said by markofmayhem :it's not Verizon; it's not Comcast; it's not Cox; it's not Time Warner; it's not Dish; it's not DirecTV... it's the CHANNELS! Disney is the problem. Universal is the problem. Prices will continue to rise because of them. The more money that is lost in the theatres, the more they will charge you for USA Network and ESPN2 on your home TV bill. You have hit on the correct formula behind price increases. It is the content providers that cause rate increases, not the sat or cable companies. Thats why we need alat carte so we can drop these channels. Going ala carte is not the answer either. By going ala carte, you force the other channels to raise the re-broadcast rates that they are charging since their portion of the subscription rate is no longer spread amongst 50,000-100,000 people, it is now spread across 1,000-5,000 in a given market driving the cost up for those individuals. The same goes for channels that you would like to subscribe to.
I'm not saying I have an answer, but I believe that going ala carte is not the way to go... Now for the HBO, Cinemax, Starz, channels, ala carte would work a bit better, but you would still run into the increased rates. Afterall, who in a english-only speaking household, watches HBO en Español?
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Port Orange, FL | The content game is changing big time-along with the delivery system and ad marketing. If the content providers don't wise up, they are gonna start feeling the pain from all the OTHER choices that are coming our way! |
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