Verizon to launch internet TV- customers pay for only channels they want

Game Changer.

And people will find out the channels they really like actually make up the majority of their cable bill.

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Verizon to launch internet TV- customers pay for only channels they want

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I said I'd never leave Directv, but if this happens, I would in a heartbeat.

Although my bill really isn't that bad, I'm sure I could reduce it by 50% if I picked the 8-10 channels that I actually watch.

It probably won't be on a per channel basis.


The price will be reflective of the subscriber cost of the channel.


Like the other guy said, this probably will make people realize that 80% of their cable bill comes from 15 channels.

This becomes relevant:

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Here's how the cable business works: Cable companies pay monthly fees to media companies for every channel they carry as part of basic cable. And then, of course, they pass those fees onto you, the subscriber. As the chart below shows, those fees vary widely — from $5.54 per month per subscriber for ESPN, all the way down to $.05 per month per subscriber for CMT Pure Country. In other words, if you have cable, you're paying at least $5.54 per month for ESPN — even if you never watch it.

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Just for the sake of argument, I would assume with a per channel or at least per package basis you can estimate these prices tripling, maybe quadrupling to cover losses of mass scale, but still, I would rather pay $40 a month for 10-15 channels I watch all the time than $120 dollars for 100 I don't.

I would companies sell things in packages at this point. You can't just get ESPN, you'd have to buy the ESPN package at $10 a month or something and get ESPN, ESPNews, ESPN2. (ESPN are terrible now anyways, I'd buy a FoxSports package over them in a heartbeat, probably for half the price.)

you arent going to get the same cable prices per each channel on an a la carte system.

no way in hell you can get any any of those channels for that cheap b/c the cost wont be spread out over all subscribers.

sports channels alone will go up a massive amount.

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you arent going to get the same cable prices per each channel on an a la carte system.

no way in hell you can get any any of those channels for that cheap b/c the cost wont be spread out over all subscribers.

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I'd imagine it will be a flat access fee of X dollars and then you picking the channels you want on your package. So in reality, those prices could come close per channel, as the access fee revenues could be spread out to compensate.

All I need are the basic channels, ESPN, TNT, and HBO.