Automate
join:2001-06-26
Atlanta, GA
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Re: Uhhh, yeah
said by dadkins  :
How about $1.00 per channel? my bill would be about $15.00-$19.00 per month(alot less than it is now).
The problem is every channel will not be the same price. Those shopping channels actually pay the cable companies to broadcast their programs so they actually reduce your cable bill. Something like ESPN on the other hand would probably cost about 6 or 7 dollars a month because of the high programing cost. |
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Jason Levine
Premium
join:2001-07-13
Albany, NY
| said by Automate :
The problem is every channel will not be the same price. Those shopping channels actually pay the cable companies to broadcast their programs so they actually reduce your cable bill. Something like ESPN on the other hand would probably cost about 6 or 7 dollars a month because of the high programing cost.
I'd be willing to add the shopping channels onto my a la carte selection if they reduced my cable bill.  It'll never happen, of course. Best that would happen is that they would be free or included in the "base bundle."
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TheWickerMan
join:2002-04-09
Enola, PA
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said by Automate :
Something like ESPN on the other hand would probably cost about 6 or 7 dollars a month because of the high programing cost.
And since I'm not a sports fan, those would be the first ones I'd drop if I could. Really, how many of them do you need? There's ESPN, ESPN2, Fox Sports, The Golf Channel, and a few other's I'm probably forgetting.
Not to mention these shopping channels. I have no need for those either. |
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kjhhg
@comcast.net
| The problem with a la carte is the price on the individual channels will go up. Just as you stated you would drop all sports channels somebody will drop the channels you like. Espn (or plug your favorite channel in here) will then have to raise the fees to still maintain profit. If 50% of the people do not like Tech tv and drop it then those that want to keep are going to have to make up the difference in the bottom line. I think the outcome would be you would pay at least the same if not more for the channels you would want as apposed to what you have. |
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TraumaJunkie
Premium
join:2004-03-05
Knoxville, TN
| reply to Automate
said by Automate :
said by dadkins :
How about $1.00 per channel? my bill would be about $15.00-$19.00 per month(alot less than it is now).
The problem is every channel will not be the same price. Those shopping channels actually pay the cable companies to broadcast their programs so they actually reduce your cable bill. Something like ESPN on the other hand would probably cost about 6 or 7 dollars a month because of the high programing cost.
My guess would be that since ESPN costs most cable providers more than HBO, etc that you would be looking at $12-$15 for ESPN channels.
And on another comment made earlier, if the lawmakers, in all their infinite wisdom, makes cable cos. go to this plan then they should also drop all "must carry" channels and let the cable cos. pick and choose what they wish to offer also. Why make a cable co. carry a channel, thus costing them $, and then not require anyone to purchase, thus not bringing in any revenue? This would only increase the cost for the other channels carried.
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veh
join:2003-04-05
San Francisco, CA | reply to kjhhg
True. |
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