But how many would stay with hgtv if they jump from $.35 to $.70. If the consumer decides what is quality programming the networks will either conform or fall by the wayside. ESPN shows poker tournaments and spelling bee's, discovery networks show programming from the 1990's hundreds of times a year on not just one but EACH of their channels. discovery has some great programs but i'd bet that they average less than 1 1/2hours of new programming a day. then they regurgitate it over and over and over on the other channels they own. if the consumer say's it's not worth the price your asking the network will change or drown.
You're right. We would probably lose channels like HGTV and Discovery. My point still stands that the price of each individual channel would rise if less people were paying for them though. Then you would be paying the same or maybe even more money and channels like HGTV and Discovery wouldn't exist anymore. How is that better than what we have now? I don't want to pay the same price for less channels. Even though I don't watch it all the time it's nice to know Discovery is there if I want to flip on Shark Week or something.