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re: HBO to offer Stand-alone Service Next Year
Posted on 10/15/14 at 10:40 am to Cailloue Pitre
Posted on 10/15/14 at 10:40 am to Cailloue Pitre
Pricing will be the issue.
If they keep the price under control, this will be a game changer.
Once ESPN does this, the end is nigh for cable companies and also the end is nigh for a LOT of smaller content companies.
I think polls show, the number 1 channel that keeps people locked into cable is ESPN.
I know I would drop Cox if I could get the ESPN package for under $30.00. Heck maybe more. I would only need to order the service during College football months.
Would be awesome to be able to dump cox except for the net.
Only problem is that once people started dumping them, the internet price would skyrocket to compensate for the loss of cable revenue.
If they keep the price under control, this will be a game changer.
Once ESPN does this, the end is nigh for cable companies and also the end is nigh for a LOT of smaller content companies.
I think polls show, the number 1 channel that keeps people locked into cable is ESPN.
I know I would drop Cox if I could get the ESPN package for under $30.00. Heck maybe more. I would only need to order the service during College football months.
Would be awesome to be able to dump cox except for the net.
Only problem is that once people started dumping them, the internet price would skyrocket to compensate for the loss of cable revenue.
This post was edited on 10/15/14 at 10:43 am
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Posted on 10/15/14 at 10:49 am to TigerMyth36
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I think polls show, the number 1 channel that keeps people locked into cable is ESPN.
I can honestly say that the most (and really, only) frustrating thing about not having cable is difficulty in watching live sports broadcasts. If that goes streaming, cable is done.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 11:59 am to TigerMyth36
Cable companies aren't sweating over this at all.
For most individuals, their ISP is their cable company. You're simply receiving the same content over a different medium.
Let's say you drop your TV subscription to Cox or Comcast once ESPN offers a stand alone subscription to WatchESPN. Well, your ISP is already Cox or Comcast, and the delivery of content is still taking place over their network. They will simply employ novel methods of compensating for lost cable subscriptions.
DirecTV was also recently purchased by AT&T, which is one of the largest ISPs in the world.
The telecoms have slowly transitioned into ISPs, and the cable companies have positioned themselves as the sole provider within a given region.
We're not witnessing the extinction of TV, we're witnessing the evolution of the internet into TV 2.0. And with the destruction of net neutrality, it's only going to get worse.
For most individuals, their ISP is their cable company. You're simply receiving the same content over a different medium.
Let's say you drop your TV subscription to Cox or Comcast once ESPN offers a stand alone subscription to WatchESPN. Well, your ISP is already Cox or Comcast, and the delivery of content is still taking place over their network. They will simply employ novel methods of compensating for lost cable subscriptions.
DirecTV was also recently purchased by AT&T, which is one of the largest ISPs in the world.
The telecoms have slowly transitioned into ISPs, and the cable companies have positioned themselves as the sole provider within a given region.
We're not witnessing the extinction of TV, we're witnessing the evolution of the internet into TV 2.0. And with the destruction of net neutrality, it's only going to get worse.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:36 pm to TigerMyth36
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Only problem is that once people started dumping them, the internet price would skyrocket to compensate for the loss of cable revenue.
Its not just that, if demand for internet use goes, which it would if more and more people are streaming everything, then naturally the price would have to rise, they would also have to really beef up the servers or you will slow service
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