Also buried in that: prohibition of TV blackouts from publicly-funded facilities.
On May 9, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > What was that about government staying out of free markets?: > > http://www.thewrap.com/media/article/mccain-moves-blow-pay-tv-business-90386 > > Not to mention that if everything's going to the Internet, the programs > eventually are going to be the brand, not the channels. And has anyone > really wondered what programming fees drive up cable rates: the pennies per > subscriber for the MTV channels that still play music videos, for example, or > the Discovery spinoff channels or the big bucks for a certain Worldwide > Leader in Sports and regional sports channels that offer nothing beyond the > games of your hometown teams on their 24-hour schedule? > > And if you're not bundling, how do you introduce new channels to people and > how can channels find their niche? For example, if you judged Comedy Central > by its early programming and if there was nothing but a la carte, it wouldn't > even made it to "South Park" or "The Daily Show" or Colbert. > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
