re: HBO to offer Stand-alone Service Next Year

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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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Most people don't understand this, they think cable and internet providers are evil and that the internet is free and just magically pops into your devices at no cost to anyone.

A la carte isn't something the networks want. HBO is a totally different animal being it's a stand alone channel as it is but the big 6 don't want that because they know some channels wouldn't be able to work as a la carte entities.

Less channels to package together to sell ad blocks for means less money for the media giants. It's not the cable providers stopping a la carte it's the media giants. The cable/satellite model is the way it is because the network owners created that model and that's the model they sell.