CRTC *finally* looking into Pick and Pay for Cable TV

[Tom]

You know what's funny? All of the providers that DON'T have their own content creation, were or are for unbundling. When cable companies started buying up the content creation companies (ie: all of the @%&#ty channels you don't want, but have to pay for), they suddenly stopped supporting unbundling. It's strange.

[Mr. Analog]

Not that strange, take a loss on the production of some junk no one wants and have it paid for by the channels everyone wants...

[Tom]

The argument they are making, is the reason we want unbundling. All we are doing is subsidizing their @%&#ty content. FU CABLE. FU.

Not that strange, take a loss on the production of some junk no one wants and have it paid for by the channels everyone wants...

Yeah, I was being facetious.

[Mr. Analog]

This is going to kill 'em and they'll be in the same place as the music industry is now not before long

[Tom]

They are already there pretty much. Why do you think they are running scared?

[Mr. Analog]

Hubris? Lust for gold?

All I know is so-called "nu-media" is rapidly trying to model itself after old media with tiered systems (YouTube advertising, paid subscriptions, etc). On top of that (or rather, under it) no net neutrality means you'll have to pay more to get what you want...

They get ya coming and going!

[Thorin]

I think this article is relevant to this discussion: http://time.com/3379357/hbo-go-streaming-netflix/

It mentions a couple of things, like how channels like ESPN get paid by the cable companies even if no one watches their shows.

[Mr. Analog]

It's weird to think advertising is sold to speciality channels with programs nobody is watching... which we pay for...

Somebody is benefiting from all this and it's not us

[Tom]

I think this article is relevant to this discussion: http://time.com/3379357/hbo-go-streaming-netflix/

It mentions a couple of things, like how channels like ESPN get paid by the cable companies even if no one watches their shows.

I thought everyone knew that? If a channel is bundled, they are paid per subscriber, not per view. This is why specialty channels can afford to start up with no real content, or people even knowing it exists.

[Darren Dirt]

Hubris? Lust for gold?

All I know is so-called "nu-media" is rapidly trying to model itself after old media with tiered systems (YouTube advertising, paid subscriptions, etc). On top of that (or rather, under it) no net neutrality means you'll have to pay more to get what you want...

They get ya coming and going!

Yeah it's almost getting to the point where a bunch are gonna give up on all the BS and just go all hardcore Thoreau's Walden...