Posted on 11/29/2005 10:57:56 AM PST by devane617
Mine will be gone near-instantaneously.
Good law. As it stands now, they give me the fag channel for free and I have to pay extra for Mystery.
CNN will definitely be gone from my pick list.
SPIKE will definitely stay.
I will cancel CNN, MSNBC, and other lefty channels, but my parental-block system works well enough.
And can you imagine what's gonna happen to MSNBC? Chrissy Matthews will end up on "community access" channels. Or go back to delivering newpapers.
I have a real problem paying for the CNN garbage. I want to choose which channels I receive and pay for.
There only a few channels I would want. And CNN isn't one of them.
is there any real chance that this could happen?
That's why this is such a big deal, and I doubt it will go through to completion. This law will close down many outlets. We will know the truth...
CNN will definitely be gone from my pick list.
SPIKE will definitely stay.
I would keep SPIKE and hopw they show more Max X and MXC. My boys and I love both of those shows.
DSC, TLC, HGTV, BBCA, WB, Local NBC, FOX News, FOX, NGEO. These are the only stations that I want to keep.
This wouldn't only be a problem for CNN....
Goodbye CNN, CNN Headline News, MSNBC, Bravo, those Gardening and Renovation channels, cartoon channel, and Home Shopping channels.
ala carte will kill MTV and VH-1, the underwritten (by all subscribers) advertising for the music industry. I betcha the Country Music station stays, tho. Goodbye CourtTV, E! and all of those shopping networks. Comedy channel iffy. CNN, MSNBC (poof).
imagine all the commercials and advertising youd start seeing for not just programs but whole channels. it would most likely lead to better programming overall.
Probably will not happen, because the cable companies would charge the same amount for 15 channels as viewers now pay for 60. The outcry would force the FCC to reverse the "anti-bundling" rules.
It wouldn't just be CNN (or Fox in the blue states). How many people are going to leave out Discovery and History? Those channels survive partly because they get packaged in with "fun" channels. I for one would be sad to see Mythbusters go.
I'd gladly pay more to stop the subsidies of stations I do not philosophically agree with or have no use for. Let them die and I'll partially pay for the funeral.
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