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Like we didn't see this coming. Cut the cable, starve MSNBC!
1 posted on 08/05/2013 9:30:03 PM PDT by 867V309
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Television is nothing but choreographed, manipulated rehearsed bull sh*t...

Only complete morons who buy the sh*t being fed to them 24/7, would sit still and gawk at this weak crap hour after hour.

The Internet buried TV long ago...

But for those drolling in cups, it's cool.

2 posted on 08/05/2013 9:38:49 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Americans still want their video entertainment but they don’t want 20 min of commercials per hour. I only watch TV for local news and weather and I don’t have cable. Dropped it when it went above $50 a month.


3 posted on 08/05/2013 9:40:47 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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I would be more than happy to pay per view over the Internet.


4 posted on 08/05/2013 9:40:50 PM PDT by Wiggins
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All I have is internet on my phone and my little ten inch net book.
We had a television from January of ninety through March of ninety five.
We are a family of book people.


5 posted on 08/05/2013 9:46:45 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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I would rather have classic radio back than have cable TV.


6 posted on 08/05/2013 9:48:34 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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One CEO said this ??? WoW. Headline stuff.

I guess I can expect my Verizon FIOS to go black any time now.


7 posted on 08/05/2013 9:50:01 PM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US Citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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You’ll see the FCC roll out it’s program to buy out over-the-air TV broadcast licenses in 2014. As stations go dark and become cable-and-webcasters, this spectrum will be auctioned off to Google, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and others who want it for wireless internet service.

It will be the end of an era, but the buyout money will at least partially compensate station licensees for the cash they had to invest in converting from analog to digital broadcasting a couple of years ago as mandated by the FCC.


8 posted on 08/05/2013 9:50:38 PM PDT by bigbob
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Ok I have a question. My Comcast cable is now above 60 bucks. If I were to cut my service where can I able to view shows I like for example: Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, and I do enjoy watching HGTV? Now would I be able to view my shows like TWD on the same day or the day after?


9 posted on 08/05/2013 9:51:40 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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Comcast is pulling a fast one with this “remote access” service. So not happy with them.


11 posted on 08/05/2013 9:59:59 PM PDT by diamond6 (Behold this Heart which has so loved men!" Jesus to St. Margaret Mary)
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It’s all crap, anyway. Who needs it!


37 posted on 08/05/2013 11:02:05 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (American)
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I cut the cable over two years ago and never looked back. Netflix, Roku, Amazon have enough content to last a lifetime. And if you want some of the new shows that you can’t get immediately through those services, you can always get a VPN and use bit torrent.


54 posted on 08/06/2013 4:23:21 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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At the end of the day nothing is or will be free. The advertiser supported programming model will continue for quite some time. When that goes away it will become a subscription model where you have to buy a lineup of your choosing to be delivered to your TV. You may be able to buy individual shows - or have to buy a lineup for something like a month at a time. However your costs won’t go down.

The most economical delivery method for content is right now cable TV - despite the cost. Do the math - lets say you can buy any show you want for a buck. You only watch that show once a week - so you are at 4 bucks per month. But wait - you want to watch the Daytona 500 which is now pay per view - so that is $69.95. Throw in a few others and pretty soon you are paying $150 bucks for a month of entertainment that you currently get for $125. NO programming will cost you less than a dollar a show - ever despite what everyone is led to believe.

Costs of entertainment will continue to rise until people stop buying entertainment - which will be never.


55 posted on 08/06/2013 4:53:47 AM PDT by msrngtp2002 (Just my opinion.)
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But then nobody will get BET!


60 posted on 08/06/2013 8:19:44 AM PDT by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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