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re: Sling TV Releases Sports Package - $5 Per Month
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:36 pm to PrimeTime Money
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:36 pm to PrimeTime Money
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You would be paying way more than $2 per channel.
I understand that, but that matters little if I am only paying $20. I am willing to pay more per channel to just have those channels.
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The only reason channels are as cheap as they are per subscriber is because of how many subscribers there are.
If channels are $2 a piece then wouldn't it take less subscribers to reclaim the same margins?
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If everything was a la carte, subscribers for an individual channel would go WAY down.
I don't want everything a la carte. Just give me less crap. Give me those 10 stations offered by Sling and I will pay you more per station. Its simple. I am now paying $80 for 90 channels that I don't watch.
Even I only watch 7 out of those 10 channels offered I am still saving money.
This post was edited on 2/6/15 at 12:39 pm
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Posted on 2/6/15 at 1:25 pm to taylork37
quote:You are missing the point. ESPN as it is right now with 100 million subscribers charges cable companies like Comcast $5 per month per subscriber. They are getting $5 per month from 100 million subscribers.
I understand that, but that matters little if I am only paying $20. I am willing to pay more per channel to just have those channels.
If the whole system was a la carte, then only a fraction of those 100 million subscribers would subscribe to ESPN on their own.
That means the price would go WAY up.
It would be like a premium movie channel.
You would be paying more than $20 per month just for ESPN most likely.
TNT might be $10 per month.
Smaller stations may not be able to afford being on the air at all.
You say you are paying $80 per month for 90+ channels... but if the entire system was a la carte, then you'd be paying $80 per month for maybe only 7-10 channels.
This post was edited on 2/6/15 at 1:27 pm
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