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Re: That Didn't Take Long! said by DaveDude:said by Romney2012: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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