Except the question is that they are charging at all aside from how much.
In your opinion.
Outside of local newscasts, local stations offer nothing that's not available through other means.
Also your opinion. There are local stations across the country that offer local programming OTHER than newscasts.
And I really don't think the local news hosts are that important. Online venues offer more depth of coverage and again, you aren't coupled to the station schedule.
Good for you. MANY people would disagree with you.
Wow, 1000 posts and what a waste of forum space. Nothing is going to be decided here so why not
just wait till this kerfluffel is settled and NBC is back on the air for everyone and then post it.
As noted, it's not just NBC stations, in fact, they're a minority.
From 2014:
http://www.tvguide.com/news/analysis-why-cable-bill-high-1087747/
Fox-owned stations $1.01
CBS-owned stations $0.90
NBC-owned stations $0.87
ABC-owned stations $0.83
hmm... a whopping $3.61. Nice to know what everyone is fighting for. Give up a single double mocha latte with foam once an month and you've more than made up the difference.
Also, I'm assuming that's the costs for the O&O. What's the cost Tribune is asking for? Or Belo? Or Gray? Or Sinclair? Higher? Lower?
But that's based on every sub in the markets. If not everyone get them, then the cost per sub would be higher.
Same happens with the other media groups. They offer a lower per sub rate is all subs have access.
Same with all the cable stations, they offer lower rates if the station is on a lower tier so that the total number with access is higher.
A lot like volume discounts. It's a big part of the calculations when deciding what tier to put channels in.
Why do you make your assumptions sound like facts?
But there was a market w/o locals. The same one that C-band started with and DBS took over, all be for locals were available.
Of course there is a market for folks who don't want locals. I think it's an extremely small percentage of current DBS customers though. Most would dump sat and go to cable.
I just can't feel sorry for someone who makes the choice to purchase TV programming. With rare exception, MVPD is not required to watch TV, and contrary to what many believe, TV is not a necessity. IMO, it's like someone who complains about airline prices, but continues to fly. Don't like it, don't purchase it. Again, just my opinion.