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What Basic Cable Channels and Content Could You Live Without?
Black & Blonde Media ^ | 1/6/18 | Bob Parks

Posted on 01/06/2018 12:37:16 PM PST by impetrio1

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To: The_Media_never_lie

LOL!

Did you see where the Netflix social media guy Tweeted “please stop calling our customer service hotline to ask if we have The Gorilla Channel”? Hilarious.

https://twitter.com/netflix/status/949449196536393728

And some of the responses, and responses to the responses, are classic.


41 posted on 01/06/2018 1:28:07 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: impetrio1

I got basic cable thrown in with my subscription package, high speed internet and home phone service and I added News group (for FN) and Prime group which has History, Discovery, A&E and 4 or 5 other channels for $9 ... but barely watch it as I get Foxnews live on Youtube stream and ONAN online for $4.99 a month with KlowdTV (though $5 a month for one channel is a bit much, will probably cancel it in month or two) ....and Netflix, we’re good!


42 posted on 01/06/2018 1:30:47 PM PST by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: Mr. Blond

Whether cable or OTA, most of the channels here are in Spanish or Korean.

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Where is “here”?

maybe you should move back to the USA.


43 posted on 01/06/2018 1:30:56 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: impetrio1

I’ve lived without all of it for years.


44 posted on 01/06/2018 1:31:34 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (CNN IS ISIS.)
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To: impetrio1

Anything to do with sports. Especially ESPN.


45 posted on 01/06/2018 1:32:55 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: laplata

Los Angeles. But yeah, I miss the USA.


46 posted on 01/06/2018 1:32:58 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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To: impetrio1

ALL of it.


47 posted on 01/06/2018 1:34:41 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: impetrio1

ALL of them. I only keep cable tv so Mrs. POF can watch every game of every sport played by humans. Plus Judge Judy.

Me? DVD movies and some streaming content fro Netflix and Amazon.

All the news I need is available on the world’s first and still best user-supported, crowd-sourced news network. I’ll leave it to you to figure out which one that is.

I haven’t watched a news network or show in probably 30 or 40 years — it is all ultra-liberal, generally dumb people blurting things out without much thought or insight, and people screaming at each other or talking over each other. Yuck.


48 posted on 01/06/2018 1:37:31 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: neverevergiveup

Hopefully they also get outside and play sports, too. Our son is living at home in his mid 20s while he is back in school. His buds still come over to watch sports, but they are more frequently outside playing football, basketball, tennis, softball, and hiking.


49 posted on 01/06/2018 1:40:05 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: impetrio1

Demand for ala carte cable selection has been around for decades. McCain even had it as one of his planks in his presidential run in 2008.

It won’t happen until the internet and streaming services force cable/satellite carriers to change their models. And at the rate cable/satellite providers are losing customers, it might be sooner than we think.


50 posted on 01/06/2018 1:40:25 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: impetrio1

Most, if not all of them.


51 posted on 01/06/2018 1:46:04 PM PST by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

I luv the Tivo Bolt - 4 tuners. It costs me what cable would charge for a 2-tuner recorder. It doesn’t pick up all of the stations, but neither does the cable company’s ‘mini box’ tuner.

I dropped a tier a year ago. I only watched BBC-America and that got to be the StarTrek:NextGeneration rerun channel. I was surprised at how bad BBC-A was. I expected it to broadcast a lot of British shows. No, most the ST:NG. It usually only carried one ‘new’ series every quarter. I think most of the series I did watch have already been cancelled.


52 posted on 01/06/2018 1:46:51 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: bigtoona

Services like philo.com, Youtube Plus, etc., follow the old cable/satellite models of tiers for different contents.

THE service that ever goes ala carte could own the industry in a couple of years.

That is partly why Netflix was so successful with their streaming — no commercials and a low monthly fee. From what I hear, even CBS Access shows have commercials. ABC/Disney just bought the Fox stuff for their content with the intention of expanding into a streaming service. My cable offers ‘on demand’ for many channels, but those offerings include commercials.

It will be interesting to see which ones survive and what new competition comes in the near future.


53 posted on 01/06/2018 1:58:13 PM PST by TomGuy
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Cut the cable a few years ago after I found out our local libraries have DVDS. TV shows,music,all of it... usually hit TV shows come by season..most of the premium shows
on Showtime...HBO..eventually show
up in their menu... FREE of course
Morris county NJ...literally thousand of DVDs


54 posted on 01/06/2018 1:59:15 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Doogle

...I also get most of my 45 channels OTA out of Philly and a few out of NY


55 posted on 01/06/2018 2:03:27 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Hopefully they also get outside and play sports, too.”

Absolutely, and yes, they do. They’re all very active (cross country, soccer, baseball, triathlons, etc.), and the sports watching is usually in the evening when the sun is down. I sometimes go out to play with them, but the last time I did I wound up pulling a hamstring. So much for the weekend warrior..


56 posted on 01/06/2018 2:05:02 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: impetrio1

I’m not sure if I’ve even seen any TV since Christmas.


57 posted on 01/06/2018 2:08:50 PM PST by null and void (this tagline abducted by aliens)
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To: impetrio1

All of them. We cut the cord about 4 years ago.

If genuine al la carte tv comes along, we might spring for it, but until then streaming works just great.


58 posted on 01/06/2018 2:12:28 PM PST by redfreedom
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To: neverevergiveup

LOL...that is a bad moment in life when can no longer beat the kids, huh? I remember the first time my son beat me down the ski slopes and could hit a fast ball I could barely even see!


59 posted on 01/06/2018 2:15:40 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: impetrio1

the worst three words in the english language are when my wife says, “I’m watching lifetime”.


60 posted on 01/06/2018 2:41:31 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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