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re: Aereo Loses Copyright Fight
Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:46 pm to CocomoLSU
Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:46 pm to CocomoLSU
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If a la carte cable happens, not only can you expect out the arse for things like ESPN, but you can kiss smaller channels goodbye since they won't generate enough revenue to stay on the air.
The market would weed out TV that people don't watch or want to pay for. Not really a problem, that is part of what bloats cable costs as it is.
What I would see happening is for something like the Big Ten to not renew contracts with ESPN/ABC and instead broadcast all the games on their own network (BTN) and charge a la carte for that.
This could create a huge issue where if each conference did this, it would be a huge cost. But you could see any game you wanted to pay for.
I think the market would figure itself out but as with any major change, there would be severe growing pains.
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Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:58 pm to KosmoCramer
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The market would weed out TV that people don't watch or want to pay for. Not really a problem, that is part of what bloats cable costs as it is.
This IS a problem. This would stunt creativity and risk taking on TV at a very high rate.
A channel like AMC probably doesn't risk creating shows like Breaking Bad or Mad Men if they don't have the protection of a long term cable carriage deal.
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What I would see happening is for something like the Big Ten to not renew contracts with ESPN/ABC and instead broadcast all the games on their own network (BTN) and charge a la carte for that.
This could create a huge issue where if each conference did this, it would be a huge cost. But you could see any game you wanted to pay for.
The entire reason the BTN is so successful is because its on basic cable deals all throughout their footprint.
If they went a la carte they would be losing hundreds of millions in revenue.
The only way to make it back would be to substantially raise the prices for the channel which is bad for anyone who wants to watch it.
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