-----Original Message----- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Timko
>A la carte channel selection would fix a lot of this. Cable companies want to >push channels they have investment in. Everyone who uses DirecTV subsidizes >their sports package even if they never tune in a football game or a NASCAR >race. I think some of the more obscure channels would thrive with a la carte >selection, while top sports salaries would plummet. Awful Announcing referenced a "Wall Street Journal" article which noted that Disney is underemphasizing ESPNews and ESPN Classic in its negotiations with cablers. http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/smaller-cable-channels-dying-off-disney-lowering-emphasis-two-espn-networks.html (The AA article also provided a hilarious tweet from @JBFlint: "If Fox Sports 2 went a la carte and only its audience paid for it, the monthly sub fee would be $617!") _ _ |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw -- -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
