If they had gone “ala cart” years ago, instead of having congress get involve and ruling it out, they would have survived this new age. I don’t want MTV. I don’t want MSNBC but I’m FORCED to have it as part of a package.
If true free market reigned, many of these stations would be long out of business.
The cable companies now wonder why they are becoming obsolete after forcing us to buy bundles of crap.
I only want maybe 8 channels. The rest is garbage.
Let me pay for my 8 channels. It’s not a matter of economics, it’s a matter of I don’t want the rest of those channels broadcast into my home because I have children.
Oh yeah, and don’t tell me I can “block channels”. BS, just resetting the cable box brings them back, as does every reset by the cable company every few days.
The commercials about “blocking the channels” is a bunch of malarkey! It is funded by congress btw as a PSA of all things (which we can’t afford to promote cable companies). It’s a joke. If you are a parent, you know what I mean.
If streaming content is a viable option for you, take a hard look at cancelling cable. You might miss a few things at first but you’ll adapt and find other options.
Also, I think as more and more people cut the cord, networks will be looking to get their content onto subscription services faster. Right now it’s still a fairly new phenomenon but the networks will have to adapt or their content will wind up virtually invisible.