On 9/7/2011 2:38 PM, Chris Jones wrote:
> TV services are probably the biggest area where cable providers are
> ripping us off, but it's hard to say where most of that is coming from,
> the cable companies themselves, or the satellite providers that they get
> their feeds from. I've heard that ESPN can be especially bad for them
> to deal with. It's insane that we have to pay for all of these channels
> when you can only watch one at a time, maybe 4-5 at a time in a house
> with a lot of TV's. Somebody, somewhere, is getting very rich. :)
>
Content providers are the problem... Cable companies are passing the
costs on to you.
And yes, ESPN is the worst. If it was offered a la Carte, ESPN knows
no one would buy it, or more accurately, no one would likely be able to
afford it... So what they've done is force cables companies into having
everyone pay for it, otherwise the cable company cannot carry it. The
reality is that content providers have a lot of sway over what you get
and what you pay for when it comes to cable TV.
J
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