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Analyst: End of Bundled Cable Will Kill Over 80 Channels (CNN, MSNBC, and MTV included in 80)
Brietbart ^ | August 12, 2013 | John Nolte

Posted on 08/12/2013 6:47:57 PM PDT by upbeat5

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To: upbeat5

I have Roku and while not perfect it is bit by bit adding new channels that I find interesting and will watch.
Ala Carte is the way of the future on cable and the internet.
I suspect that I will get all of the channels I wish to watch over Roku and pay either next to nothing for them or they will be free.


21 posted on 08/12/2013 7:02:50 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: upbeat5

Comcast has announced that they’ll be adding Al Jazeera and raising my rates to pay for it.


22 posted on 08/12/2013 7:03:02 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cuban leaf

my neighbor cut cable and dish 3 years ago. If he wanted to watch sports, he can get it anywhere on the web for free. If he wanted a specific show, just download using torrent. No biggie and he’s happier saving $100 on a bundle per month.


23 posted on 08/12/2013 7:03:42 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: upbeat5

There are several misnomers about bundled pricing. Sure, it won’t make everyone happy but what cable watchers think is a fair price for the cable channels their family *does* watch, added together comes out more than most people pay for standard cable.

I like mostly news and sports but sports channels a la carte would be very expensive because of all the rights fees they charge to be carried and because I want to see my teams play in the NFL, I would be forced to have CBS, FOX and NBC along with ESPN and NFLN just to catch every game my team plays (there’s Sunday Ticket but the local broadcasts over the air are blacked out on that).

Most people who hate bundling love to complain about the shopping channels and the religious channels. Well, here’s a secret. They not only cost you nothing they subsidize the rates you do pay. Shopping channels and religious channels PAY the cable operator to carry them. Scratch those off and your cost per channel actually goes up, not down.

Sure, some people would love to only pay for the channels they watch but it would not be nearly the bargain you think it might be if you went on the faulty premise that all channels cost the same.


24 posted on 08/12/2013 7:04:16 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Howdy to all you government agents spying on me.)
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To: BipolarBob
after reading your statement and seeing your name...It made me think....*W*..Ive decided to open a restaurant where the food is reasonably cheap...but the silverware will cost u a fortune...Why someone hasn't used this business model yrs ago is beyond me!
25 posted on 08/12/2013 7:07:47 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: Still Thinking
Those channels get a few cents a month from each cable-satellite subscriber whether you watch them or not

This includes CCTV4 (commie China), Bridges-TV (Muslim Beheader Television), Current/Pivot and others.

26 posted on 08/12/2013 7:08:17 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: max americana
@0 Seriously? I watched maybe 3 when I had it. The rest are leftist dribble. Hell one of the 3 was C-Span for book reviews. I will not get cable unless it is al-la-cart. No way I pay for the gay channels. That includes the Homo and Garden channel.
27 posted on 08/12/2013 7:08:33 PM PDT by jimpick
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To: upbeat5

50 percent have basic cable the other’s watch regular TV.Basic and Premiums are losing payers because of jobs.I don’t care who wins.


28 posted on 08/12/2013 7:08:50 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: eccentric

40% of the money paid to cable channels go to sports channels


29 posted on 08/12/2013 7:08:50 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: OrangeHoof

I assume you realize most all NFL games can be viewed (illegally like in Edward Snowden) on the internet from European wagering sites?


30 posted on 08/12/2013 7:08:55 PM PDT by nascarnation (Democrats control the Presidency, Senate, and Media. It's an uphill climb....)
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To: jimpick

So... no LOGO or BRAVO for you then?


31 posted on 08/12/2013 7:10:24 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: nascarnation

It might not sound like a lot, but there are tens of millions of cable and satellite subscribers out there. 90% of Americans have some kind of pay TV.

We are subsidizing this leftist drivell

32 posted on 08/12/2013 7:12:54 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: upbeat5

I would love to ditch time Warner cable. $145 per month. All I really need is local, Fox News , some financial channels and local channels. How do you cut the cable.


33 posted on 08/12/2013 7:13:01 PM PDT by ncfool (Obama's aMeriKa 2012 The land of entitlement for the 51% crowd.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

If someone launches a conservative channel, will ROKU carry it?


34 posted on 08/12/2013 7:13:26 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: cripplecreek

how many cents per month are they going to give to Al Jazeera?


35 posted on 08/12/2013 7:14:01 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: eyedigress
The worst part is how it works as a kind of affirmative-action program for left-wing programming that likely wouldn’t survive in a world where we weren't forced to pay for channels we never watch. Chief among them, CNN, and MSNBC.

It's bad enough my tax dollars are siphoned off for PBS and NPR - left wing 'public' media. But insult to injury when I have to re-support them in order to get cable. It's time... for pay per channel...

36 posted on 08/12/2013 7:14:49 PM PDT by GOPJ (Sob stories make bad law...)
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To: GeronL

9() percent is not a real number.Where did you get that from?


37 posted on 08/12/2013 7:15:00 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: upbeat5
Bundled cable is, in my opinion, one of the greatest hustles ever perpetuated against the American people.

Bundles and packages are sold all the time and are generally less expensive than buying a la carte. I never order a la carte at restaurants. So the premise is absurd. However the lead-in is correct. Internet based programming has killed cable. It is less expensive without commercials. Internet based programming is not a la carte. Netflix and Amazon each contain a bundle of all sorts of content wrapped together as a package and included in the monthly fee.

It is not a matter of bundles vs a la carte. The entire content model has changed from cable broadcast + DVR/time shifted to internet packaged content by different service providers, e.g. netflix, amazon, etc.

Too many commercials on basic cable packages and expensive movie channel bundles of low quality trash content, e.g., HBO. People are just finding other ways to get their entertainment besides the old cable broadcast model.

38 posted on 08/12/2013 7:15:15 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: glorgau
You should...
39 posted on 08/12/2013 7:16:24 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: jimpick

LOL I rarely watch any channel, believe me as I’m busy even during night time especially in my industry here in L.A. I think the only channel my GF watches religiously is the Cooking Channel. The Homo garden, Fago or Bravo whatever you call it, they are not required.


40 posted on 08/12/2013 7:16:51 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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