Because people pay $50 a month for 100 channels, which gets distributed to MSNBC, CNN, etc, whether they are watched or not. This is why I keep advocating going a la carte, or turn it off.
Because people pay $50 a month for 100 channels, which gets distributed to MSNBC, CNN, etc, whether they are watched or not. This is why I keep advocating going a la carte, or turn it off.
50 dollars a month? I wish. We are getting close to a la carte. For example, you can purchase CBS, HBO, and a few others individually. But once a la carte begins, it will cost more then the bundle but I think as long as people don’t want more then 10 channels at 9.99 a pop they will be better off. The problem will be that the internet will be the most expensive thing. Since TV cable companies own the internet bandwith, we will be paying as much if not more then we do now JUST with internet with data control added to it. Ugh. I hate that though. For example, I pay as much as my neighbor for cable/internet but he has a hardline phone. My family gave up the phone when we all got cell phones, but do we see a difference in the bill? Heck no. Same will happen eventually that people who have cable/internet will pay the same as those with JUST internet. It will happen.
We don’t have cable or anything but an antenna. We get
enough channels. I don’t watch much daytime tv.