Cable choice... Bring it on!
My worry is that ala carte pricing in TV will follow the model established by airlines ($5 to use the head....).
Cable right now is as the Boss would say, 57 channels and nothin's on.....
My guess is if I could buy the channels I wanted for 99 cents per channel per month, I'd have about 20 maybe 30 of them out of the 700 out their...
What does that say about Hollyweird and the Industry...
I don’t watch television but I have to buy basic service if I want Internet. Nonetheless, by what Constitutional authority is McCain’s proposal authorized. My cable is regulated by the franchise agreement reached with our town officials and a county commission. As much as I like the idea, I reject the notion it is any business of the federal government.
$200 a month. Where the hell do you live?
Yes, you probably do. You must also recognize that ANY business person seeking to sell or represent its entire slate of offerings would naturally be predisposed to offer packages that includes some of his lesser subscribed paying companies? It’s business.
McCain and his crotchety assed so-called Maverick moniker needs to butt the eff out. He has no idea about capitalism - he has only experience in being a crazy a@@hole.
While they’re at it they can stop the monopoly too. I want to be able to choose which cable provider I want, not which one the town shoves down my throat.
Even a clock that’s stopped is right twice a day, and with this idea it looks like McCain has taken a break from knifing conservatives in the back and mugging for the cameras long enough to propose something that would really hurt the content providers who fund and encourage the lefties.
Over half of the networks would go bankrupt if the customers were not forced to pay for their products. Imagine if you could actually choose your own programming, your cable bill would be much smaller..........
It would be nice if they had a tiered setup. Basic plan, you pick ten channels. The next level pick ten more. They could still charge for the premiums.
Same with me. I’m sick of paying for Logo, BET, Telemundo, Univision, ect ect.
All this sounds good but it really isn’t. Here are a couple of reasons why this is all a waste of time.
1. At least with DirecTV you can set a directory that just has Fox News in it and nothing else. Add whatever you want to that. I assume but do not know that the cable companies have a similar scheme.
2. I’m pretty sure that a huge number of those channels nobody wants are paying DirecTV and the cable companies to carry their 24/7 commercial offerings. Jewelry, appliances ... Those channels subsidize the rest. Take them away and the price of the rest goes up.
3. I’m sure there’s at least one other good reason. I just can’t think of it right now.
Well Mclame’s bill will only stay alive until he gets bought off.
FOX News
TCM
The Blaze
History
Military Channel
If I have these then I’m all set :-)
I download all else from usenet and YouTube
Would love this myself...but guarantee you if you only had 5 channels they’d figure out how to charge as much as they do now for 500 channels.
Come on now?!?! Bundled television is the socialist way. Think about it: The profitable and desirable channels / shows get to subsidize the crap that caters to niche audiences, in the interest of diversity and social justice. You’ll buy your cable package, and you’ll like it! It’s the patriotic thing to do: millions of under-served pseudo Americans rely upon it: Bravo network for gays, BET for Amish, Univision for the entire SW U.S., etc...
No, the original promise of cable TV was that you would be able to get a good signal to all areas, without messing around with your rabbit ears or hoping the wind was blowing in the right direction.
Ala Carteq is here. Netflix, Hulu, and Apple TV unit. Buy the programs you want, episodes or series, WAY cheaper and no ads! Never saw anything on FoxNews that I did not know about already.
You're getting robbed. Turn off some extras and negotiate with the cable company.
Or, get rid of it altogether.