I believe content will go online, a la carte. People will pay only for what they actually consume. Cable and satellite companies are in the buggy whip business.
Geeez, and I so love to channel surf!
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Intel is getting ready to rollout a-la-carte content.
http://www.businessinsider.com/intel-cable-2013-1#ixzz2GkSFccYf
They may hang on for a while.
It is rather like telephone companies and landlines. I noticed my ‘local’ phone book it about 1/2 the size it was 5 years ago.
Four years ago, I dropped my landline ($25/month) for cell (pre-paid averages me about $6/month).
I noticed recently that the landline company now offers local landline for $9 per month.
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Cable has been lose customers nationwide, but they still periodically (like twice a year) raise their rates a few dollars.