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Anonbd1b3
Anon
2016-Dec-13 3:00 pm
NFL is a terrible business.Cable 2.0 is the same dead business model repackaged. In other news, scientists have concluded that water is indeed wet. |
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Its actually worse, because you need a PhD to figure out all the blackouts, restrictions, no DVR, VOD no skip, forced commercials, etc.
So do what I do. If it's not on Amazon or Netflix it doesn't exist, even though I pay for full cable (the family is not so blase). I have no time to play around with a Chinese menu to figure out where I can get my content. |
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Anon4ddce to Anonbd1b3
Anon
2016-Dec-13 3:45 pm
to Anonbd1b3
said by Anonbd1b3 :Cable 2.0 is the same dead business model repackaged. In other news, scientists have concluded that water is indeed wet. Guess pure al a carte is dead model that will never work even if everyone was willing to do it. |
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There's no reason a-la-carte won't work. It's just that neither the programmers nor cable/sat operators want it to work. They know full well that people would cut back to only paying for a few channels they actually want.
What all of this comes down to is that people want to pay less and only get the content they want. The programmers and cable/sat companies are happy to offer fewer channels, but they want to structure things so those few channels cost as much as the big packages do now. |
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 maartenaElmo
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to Anon4ddce
said by Anon4ddce :Guess pure al a carte is dead model that will never work even if everyone was willing to do it. A-la-carte in CHANNELS is something you wanted 10 years ago. A-la-carte is already pretty much getting obsolete. The new a-la-carte is going to be streaming packages. You subscribe a ONLY the few streaming packages you want, and not the ones you don't. Or you sub-hop between packages.... |
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said by ISurfTooMuch:There's no reason a-la-carte won't work. It's just that neither the programmers nor cable/sat operators want it to work. They know full well that people would cut back to only paying for a few channels they actually want.
What all of this comes down to is that people want to pay less and only get the content they want. The programmers and cable/sat companies are happy to offer fewer channels, but they want to structure things so those few channels cost as much as the big packages do now. Yes because people want their 6 favorite channels at $1 each and if DVR is not included they are being fucked over. That's why it won't work. People don't have realistic expectations. Sorry your not getting $6 a month TV. |
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Anon4ddce to maartena
Anon
2016-Dec-13 7:45 pm
to maartena
said by maartena:said by Anon4ddce :Guess pure al a carte is dead model that will never work even if everyone was willing to do it. A-la-carte in CHANNELS is something you wanted 10 years ago. A-la-carte is already pretty much getting obsolete. The new a-la-carte is going to be streaming packages. You subscribe a ONLY the few streaming packages you want, and not the ones you don't. Or you sub-hop between packages.... Same horse different color. The point is your not paying only a few bucks total for those few streaming packages. If true al a carte came do not expect to pay less than $3 a channel minimum and over $5 on many. Content owners are not going to lose money to offer al a carte. |
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 Jim Kirk
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to Anonbd1b3
said by Anonbd1b3 :Cable 2.0 is the same dead business model repackaged. In other news, scientists have concluded that water is indeed wet. Actually, Trump denies water is wet. Must be true. |
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Anonbd1b3 to maartena
Anon
2016-Dec-13 9:40 pm
to maartena
said by maartena:A-la-carte in CHANNELS is something you wanted 10 years ago. A-la-carte is already pretty much getting obsolete. The new a-la-carte is going to be streaming packages. You subscribe a ONLY the few streaming packages you want, and not the ones you don't. Or you sub-hop between packages.... The base streaming package already has the NFL infesting it. We can't even have germane streaming packages grouped via genres. Asking for relevant bundles of content isn't even outlandish. We have zero choice in these eclectic groupings that make little sense beyond padding/filler. Sub-hopping will be killed off in less than two years. DirecTVnow already has the "lock-in low rates" BS starting up i.e. a contract if you want the lowest price. |
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