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FCC Report Supports a la Carte TV Pricing

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the getting-what-you-pay-for dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The FCC may soon allow cable/sat companies to sell individually customized TV channel packages. From the article: ' FCC chairman Kevin Martin spoke to a forum, sponsored by the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee in Washington, which has been examining indecency on radio and television. Martin told the forum that the FCC will soon release a report that concludes that offering TV programming a la carte is economically feasible and in the best interest of consumers.'"

6 of 567 comments (clear)

  1. Indecency? by GoatMonkey2112 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What does indecency have to do with this? Am I going to be able to get just the indecent channels now?

  2. Re:FP: What a great idea! by indifferent+children · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nooooo! Now the cost for: History Channel, Discovery Channel, Science Channel, etc is going to be $50 per month each (because there will be few subscribers), while: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN4, ESPN5, ESPN6, ESPN7, ESPN8, etc will be 10 cents each.

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  3. Oh Great... by Cytlid · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...I can see it now. The most popular channels will be the porn and violent ones.

    "But Mr Cheney, you are already subscribed to all the porn channels we offer."

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  4. What the... by martinultima · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean you had cable TV? Back in my day, we had to settle for whatever we could get by playing around with the antenna, and no remote controls 'cause they weren't invented yet, and we LIKED it!

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  5. Re:What I'm Concerned About by nikanj · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it's a strange country you live in! Most of the world doesn't think seeing naked people scars the young mind. Or that murder is a-ok to show to children.
    But on the other hand, it's only a matter of time before americans will ban both childbirth and nursing, as they expose children to breasts and female genitalia.

  6. Re:Theory about that... by Alphabet+Pal · · Score: 2, Funny
    Also, it's trivially easy to arouse someone's sexual urges, and people who don't want to be tempted with those urges at every turn simply don't want to be constantly exposed to things that have that effect.

    AMEN! I was driving down the street yesterday with my kids, and this woman walked by in a pair of SHORTS! In PUBLIC! Needless to say, I found myself aroused in spite of all my efforts to focus on God's glory in that moment of temptation. Any decent society would have stoned her to death for showing her ankle, but her whole LEG was showing. BOTH of them, actually! I now blindfold myself whenever I drive so that I can avoid the sight of these blasphemous sinners.

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