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A La Carte Cable TV Channels?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-they-gouge-you-on-the-packages dept.

ryantate writes "I was reading TV Tattle and came across an interesting story in the Washington Post about people who spend less than $30 per month on cable buying a la carte. To do this you need a huge C-band dish, but Sen. John McCain wants to require a la carte pricing on digital cable. Content companies like Viacom are fighting it -- they don't want people to be able opt out of their less established channels. And at least one economist type, this guy in the Financial Times, seems to think we'll end up paying just as much under a la carte pricing. EchoStar is game but says Viacom and others are refusing to go along. "

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  1. Dupe? by khold · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hey isn't this article a dupe? Here is the earlier slashdot article on the same thing:

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/29/1441 22 0&mode=nested&tid=103&tid=129&tid=188&tid= 99

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  2. Re:The Illuminati will control you, sheep! by name773 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    weak Bogon-Lyston Mind Control signal of approximately .02 nanowatts
    my tin-foil hat can block up to 3 nano watts in that range