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An Essay On Subscription Television

Posted by kdawson on from the wishes-and-horses dept.

dpu writes "Who would pay $1.99 to download a television episode that only costs about $0.0014 to see on cable? This is a short essay on the current and past state of subscription television, and a hope for the future. It skips a lot of points that the thinkers among us might care about, but it does the math and drives a nail into Big Content's pinky toe."

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  1. Re:PT Barnum by node+3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yikes! That's over 1/2 million PT Barnums born per year!

    I'd have thought the number would be much smaller...

  2. Re:Well, let's see by PancakeMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, if only DVD's didn't come with annoying ads, trailers and "do-not-pirate-shit infomercials" that I can't skip, that'd make what you say true.
    That's the "value-added content"!