What channel would you like the most via an ala carte platform?
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I would love to be able to purchase only Fox News Channel again like I did with the 4DTV. Even then, I had to purchase CNN/HLN and Fox News Channel to get it A-La-Carte so to speak. 
The poll does not allow you to vote on all the selection that you would like in ala carte, I would like both Espn's and TNT, I am missing a lot of basketball
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Good question
Neither. New Service doing market research about the feasibility of uplinking channels on a ku bird using a new CAS.
It's a nice thought, but they won't be able to come up with the programming without some BIG numbers and really deep pockets.
How many months has it been since that other 'rumor' of a new service was announced?
How many months has it been since that other 'rumor' of a new service was announced?
Economic Reality
Cable companies and satellite dish pay tv companies know that most of us only want a few channels. They also know that for them to make money they have to offer us heaps of channels so that they can satisfy their customers, the advertisers. We, the viewers, are merely a third party in this business.
Cable companies and satellite dish pay tv companies know that most of us only want a few channels. They also know that for them to make money they have to offer us heaps of channels so that they can satisfy their customers, the advertisers. We, the viewers, are merely a third party in this business.
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I would have to disagree with you. The cost to uplink a few channels is not that crazy.
The problem is signing a carriage agreement (Not very hard) However getting them to accept a CAS from the EU is hard.
Its worth a try the worst thing is nothing will happen. I would agree with you that if you try to start with 20 channels your cash burn will be too high.
I believe there is an additional problem.Cable companies and satellite dish pay tv companies know that most of us only want a few channels.
They also know that for them to make money they have to offer us heaps of channels so that they can satisfy their customers, the advertisers.
We, the viewers, are merely a third party in this business.
Those with the channels want the satellite or cable company to carry ALL the channels they offer.
So, for HBO, that would include Cinemax.
For Showtime, that would include Stars.
And if you think Oprah and her new channel is easy pickings, I'll bet she's in bed with (bundled) some major network, too!
I don't think the carrier -can- really just cherry pick the favorite channels.
If he could, that would mean some of the useless channels wouldn't be carried, and they'd die out!
A good example to look at is Sky Angel and what national channels they offer on their internet package. They were able to negotiate for Fox News, Fox Business, The Weather Channnel, Versus, and a few others. I'm sure they wanted more but those networks probably didn't want to offer it for cheap. The real problem is that at bare minimum you're going to need $10,000 a month to get a channel on the satellite in acceptable quality. Probably another $10,000 to run the company so you would need 4,000 subscribers at $5 to cover the channel each month.
EDIT: With those numbers I mean a real shoestring operation like those guys in Indiana or Ohio were trying to do last year with the new service that fell apart. You basically have a one or two man operation that farms out all the work to an uplink service.
EDIT: With those numbers I mean a real shoestring operation like those guys in Indiana or Ohio were trying to do last year with the new service that fell apart. You basically have a one or two man operation that farms out all the work to an uplink service.
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