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re: Sling TV Releases Sports Package - $5 Per Month
Posted on 2/6/15 at 11:46 am to LSUzealot
Posted on 2/6/15 at 11:46 am to LSUzealot
quote:it would be a bigger ripoff if you paid a la carte. You'd pay way more per channel, and the stations would make less money. That means shows you like on AMC like Breaking Bad would have a much smaller budget.
Kids 50 years from now will laugh hysterically at our cable system of today. Biggest ripoff to the consumer.
When the costs are spread over 90 to 100 million people, it's cheaper for everybody per channel.
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Posted on 2/6/15 at 11:49 am to PrimeTime Money
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You'd pay way more per channel, and the stations would make less money
I would rather pay $20 for 10 channels that I actually watch than $80 for 100 channels when I only watch 10 of them.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 11:55 am to PrimeTime Money
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it would be a bigger ripoff if you paid a la carte. You'd pay way more per channel, and the stations would make less money. That means shows you like on AMC like Breaking Bad would have a much smaller budget.
When the costs are spread over 90 to 100 million people, it's cheaper for everybody per channel.
It's gonna be very interesting the way things go, I think the market is clearly has shifted the immediate demand/streaming market.
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus, et al are the future. Especially with their original content. They have better shows, can experiment with different content and aren't afraid to produce a bust. Breaking Bad will be made for Amazon Prime and Netflix now.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 1:03 pm to PrimeTime Money
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it would be a bigger ripoff if you paid a la carte. You'd pay way more per channel, and the stations would make less money. That means shows you like on AMC like Breaking Bad would have a much smaller budget.
When the costs are spread over 90 to 100 million people, it's cheaper for everybody per channel.
It would also mean networks would be far less likely to take risks on new and different shows.
Do you want shows like Walking Dead to be green lit or a show like Mad Men to have the breathing room needed to gain momentum? You need those cable subs to soften the blow financially for networks to be willing to invest.
This post was edited on 2/6/15 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 2/7/15 at 11:13 pm to PrimeTime Money
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it would be a bigger ripoff if you paid a la carte. You'd pay way more per channel, and the stations would make less money. That means shows you like on AMC like Breaking Bad would have a much smaller budget.
When the costs are spread over 90 to 100 million people, it's cheaper for everybody per channel.
this unfortunately is the truth. everyone bitches about the current cable format, but if you think about all the channels you watch, espn, nfl network, tnt, mlb network, fox sports, etc that if you paid $10-20 a month a la carte, it would easily eclipse your current cable bill. additionally, a lot of the original programming on channels like AMC wouldn't exist, or would be vastly different.
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