[SoFloFreeper]

Trust me, MSNBC is not making a whole lot of money from advertisers with fewer than a million viewers. What keeps junk like Oprah and MSNBC afloat is the monthly fee we involuntarily pay when we are forced to purchase packages that include 200 channels even though all we really want is Fox News and Turner Classic Movies.

I would LOVE to be able to cherry pick my stations. Where is the freedom in not being able to do so? :)

[1010RD]

A la carte will be the future model and it’s already happening via the Internet.

Let’s set up a laughing party and celebrate all the out of work liberals.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

TCM Rocks.

I’d like to add Spike Powerblock & Military Channel

[Future Snake Eater]

I would LOVE to be able to cherry pick my stations. Where is the freedom in not being able to do so? :)

IIRC, "a la carte" cable programming would require congressional deregulation of the FCC. There are also powerful lobbying interests for the telecom industry that are very against it, so they have plenty of congresscritters bought and paid for to keep it from happening.

[Pining_4_TX]

At the root of almost every problem, you will find its fertilizer - government. Cable companies are government protected monopolies, and the satellite companies don’t really provide much competition. Then you have the regulations concerning public access, what you pay for public TV, and other regulations, and the result is the mess we have now.

[Windcatcher]

All I would want are FNC, Science, NatGeo, the various History Channels, and maybe G4. I don’t have time for anything else.