"But they're not getting any from us, with the current setup."
Exactly. My 55" TV is hooked up to a DVD player. I MIGHT think about cable or sattelite if I can cherry-pick the stations. Watching the fast degradation of the culture is otherwise too depressing.
Actually, I want MORE channels, not less. I want to be able to receive the local news in the town where my parents live. I'd like to be able to get Moscow television whenever I want, to see what's happening when things are going on there and to keep my Russian active.
When news is breaking in Pittsburgh, I want to be able to tune in to local coverage there. You get the idea.
Eventually, all that will be available through internet feeds, but it's not there yet. I want that stuff on my big TV in the living room, anyhow, and I can't do that right now.
I don't want fewer channels. I want MORE choices.