The lack of an a la carte option is the reason we have rabbit ears.
The main channels I want are Fox News, History and Speed TV. To get all three means going to the second or third tier of standard channels (whether cable or satellite), and I’m not paying $50/month or more for a bunch of stuff I don’t want and won’t watch. Heck, I’m not even home most of the day except for the weekends.
So the handful of broadcast channels, or, increasingly, the Internet is where I go.
I say screw ‘em. If they won’t give me what I want, then they won’t get my money. Simple as that. Doubly so with the political slant in every media outlet these days.
I just wish some company some where would target the market of people like me, whether via Internet or some other medium.
You're part of an increasing number.
For those of us who watch little television, rabbit ears or the new generation of small-footprint outdoor antennas is a very good alternative. Over the air (``OTA'') reception now is actually better quality than what you get via the compressed pipeline of cable. The onetime investment in a good antenna (typically well under $50-$100) pays off in just a couple of month's worth of cable bills.