Posted on 07/16/2019 12:59:41 PM PDT by Brilliant
Addition by Subtraction.
What? No CBS?
OH NOES!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Note to CBS: I haven’t watched anything on your net in years. Put something on I wanna each and I’ll crank up my give-a-dang.
Or not. Streaming may or may not work depending on the service, an individual's plan, where you are in the beam, and other factors. Point to point service is available in some rural areas, but coverage is spotty. OTA works depending on the distance from the OTA station.
When content moves to Gen 5, there will be even fewer choices. Blue areas will be rewarded if they continue to vote correctly. Red areas not so much.
What if SeeBS disappeared and no one noticed?
Followed by more cord cutting.
That's...an interesting business model.
If not fake news...Then, Good News!
Who needs networks anymore?
Producers might want to take leaf from authors who self-publish books, and sell direct to consumers after airing a pilot free online. Generate enough interest through subscriptions/DVD sales, who needs a network?
Content is king.
They act like this is a bad thing.
So
A: The same as always ... never.
Yeah directv is hemorrhaging subscribers...prices keep going up and customers are required to purchase a large package for one preferred channel....a la carte or bankruptcy is their choice....their greying low tech base is withering......
Exactly.
I just found out yesterday that locally, DirecTV is not broadcasting ABC. A friend told me that has been the case for over a week. Shows how little I watch anything on the traditional networks.
They’ve already dumped my small market ABC affiliate. AT&T has ruined my directv with lousy customer service and higher rates. And they apparently aren’t interested in doing anything about CNN which they now own along with the cultural sewer HBO.
Didn’t CBS go through this same thing a couple years ago?
ATT charges the networks AND the customers for antiquated “streaming” channels in a world that could provide unlimited channels (urls).
IMO, ATT should be broken up. They own the infrastructure. They have monopoly in each territory they operate. They do not allow 3rd parties to resell access to the cable. And now they own a lot of content. We broke up the old ATT, and we forced the movie industry to divest from theater ownership because it was anti-competitive. These same rationales apply to the new ATT.
ATT should not have been allowed to merge with Comcast. They should be broken into 3 or 4 different companies; one that owns the cable infrastructure and allows competition to lease and resell cable and internet services to customers; one that sells cable and internet to customers; one that owns and distributes content; and one for wifi/cellular/3G-5G etc.
Around here we call that 'nap time'.
As I wrote above, the movie studios were forced to divest from theater ownership because it was anti-competitive - independent film producers could not get their films shown in the theaters. It did not harm the industry one bit.
The same should apply here. People who own the cable should not also own the content. It is a huge anti-competitive feature. Congress gave regional monopolies to the cable companies decades ago, to allow them to recoup the cost of infrastructure roll-out. And in the intervening years (with lots of abuse e.g. Adelphia) eventually these regions all rolled-up into larger and larger entities to where now ATT, merged with Comcast, controls the cable in nearly every major market. They decide which channels are ‘worthy’, including the news, and which ones not to air. They are competing with others and give themselves and their content preferential treatment and block competition. CNN is the perfect example. Sure there is some token competition but only token and they are also legacy e.g. FOXNEWS and MSNBC have both been around decades too. Imagine trying to launch a news channel now (a few have tried, mostly on the internet) but the cost of getting onto the cable box is enormous.
I have Hulu. Replaced my cable at half the cost and I get pretty much the same channels anyway.
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