I dumped cable many years ago but something like this that would allow me to choose just the few channels I wanted likely would have prevented that. If this were to pass it may even end the liberal monopoly of television programming as consumers would have the power to drop the whole channel when they went too far.
It is a disaster in the making.
Gee, John, it’s the least you can do, seeing that the 1996 Telecommunications Act that you co-sponsored and rammed thru the Senate was perhaps the most corrupt piece of legislation ever considered before the Cornhusker Kickback came along.
Or are you just trying to make sure that Telemundo remains free-to-air?
agree, not a fan of the senator but I can get behind this.
My tv is off 99 percent of the time (hubby likes the occasional ball game)
And I would no longer have to pay to support BET, WE, OWN, CNN, PBS, etc.
On the surface this proposal seems a desireable change. I could drop some of the “bundle” I’m required to buy and pick up some stations I’m not allowed to have.
Why can’t they offer channels like Andorra?
$10/channel or 200 channels for $100. Take your choice.
I would love to be able to buy only the channels I want, but I also say this is governmental overreach.
It will never pass. It would be the end of the big-four sports as we know it, as eight-figure, decade-long salaries and ten-figure sports deals depend on the hidden “taxation” of every cable and dish customer that goes via ESPN fees to the teams.
I’m OK with this, as long as I can still get my two favorite channels “OWN” and “Sundance”. /s
With all the problems in this nation, this is all that John could find to fix. Sure there are some problems here... what are they 10,897th on the list of important things to do?
He thinks this will be a popular stance for him.
It just makes me despise the man all the more.
Arizona, in 2010 you folks sucked hind tit!!!!
Cheap hero legislation. Not his business.
How about dropping the damn taxes/fees?
I wish I could pick and choose what channels I pay for, aside from the obvious solution of not paying for any of them.
However, it is deeply insidious for us to continue down the path of dictating what services private companies must offer.
I like this so far.
Might even consider subscribing to cable if it passes.
I don’t like the government over reach aspect of it, but since the cable companies got their monopolies through government power, it serves them right to have the terms of their service dictated. Lose the monopolies and they can bundle to their little hearts’ content, IMHO.
Not sure I’d apply it to satellite though.
This is an attempt to help broadcast/cable industry. Too little, too late.
They are losing customers everyday to hulu, netflix, amazon, and so on.
The major holdback for most people is live sports. Eventually, this will be available via streaming.
I’ll weep tears of sorry for TimeWarner when it happens. Not.
So this is the most important thing on McCain’s plate right now? Cable bundling?
He’s only slightly behind the technology curve, but legislators don’t let reality stand in their way.
The FCC runs cable/sat . We need to have States take this over. Allow for feq sales at the state level would be the only option.
Being in Telecommunications this is para dine shift.
Attention, Senator McCain! Your ship has sailed.
what i want is the ability of tv’s to mute and dim the screen when commercials come on. a user-menu option setting.