Posted on 08/08/2012 9:16:19 AM PDT by Signalman
If by ‘intentional’ you mean that ‘ego dictates no other outcome’ then I agree. The biggest problem is that many of us pay for CNN the same way we pay for ESPN and channels we actually want to watch - through cable bundling.
You can see why CNN et al might give favorable coverage to Congress members and the FCC when those politicians and bureaucrats maintain the status quo year after year, despite the laughably archaic and wasteful bundling concept. In this age of fiber optic, satellite communications, a la cart channel purchasing should be the rule, not the exception yet chaff is still being purchased along with wheat.
a la cart = > a la carte
TVBgone....
That could be fun if you could activate it from your pocket (or at least be discreet).
Picture a crowded sports Bar in Boston on a cool, fall, Sunday afternoon....the Colts are losing as Andy Luck is having a case of the Rookies in the 4th quarter. The Patriots are starting another drive down the field.... Whoa! All the big screen TVs just shut off! Crowd moans and tempers flare. One guy in the corner giggles quietly to himself over an ice cold mug of 3 Floyd’s micro brew.....
A la carte programming would be the end of many, perhaps a quarter of the existing cable channels, perhaps more!
Back in the days of ‘C Band’ satellite service we actually did have the ability to select a la carte.
I wish this would return.
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