re: Sling TV Releases Sports Package - $5 Per Month

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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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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.

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.