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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:Not that difficult by kt0157 · · Score: 0, Troll
    most people have money in their pocket and they don't mind spending it on things that they like when it is made convenient to do so

    That won't be true when the dollar halves in value on the world markets.

  2. my rude math by dizzy8578 · · Score: 0, Troll

    120.00 per month for 2 boxes comcast.
    12 months.

    1440.00 per year

    The signal to noise ratio comcast has reached is pushing me to go to itunes for a la carte programming and dropping the cable.

    I have 500 channels of the most dumbed down fearmongering sales oriented dreck and I am paying for it?
    If I can buy John Stewart and a couple of shows full season, why in the hell do I need to allow this propaganda tool that cable tv has become, into my house?

    Do I need to see Cheney lie in HD to know that it is happening? The man has not uttered a true phrase on camera since 1989!

    I suspect I would be hard pressed to spend 1440 over a year even at itunes prices.

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  3. Re:Apple loves... by Watson+Ladd · · Score: 0, Troll

    AllofMP3.com is paying the royalties. All the artist has to do is ask for them from the licencing authority in russia.

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