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Verizon Working On a La Carte Internet TV Service

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-cannot-in-good-conscience-let-any-of-my-money-go-to-TLC dept.

An anonymous reader writes: One of the reasons people have been fleeing cable TV in droves is the idea that they're paying for hundreds of channels but only using a handful. Even though that's not really true, Verizon is now working on an internet TV service that lets people pick and pay for only the channels they want. Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said, "I think everyone understands it will go to a la carte. The question is what is that transition look like ... I don't think there is anyone that would stand up here and say the only way it's going to be offered five years from now is linear and it's going to be tied to your TV set because frankly they will miss the market and they will be the ones left behind."

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  1. It is not just the "extra" channels... by houstonbofh · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is also about watching whatever you want, whenever you want. Not just Thursdays at 9:00... People no longer want to schedule their lives around the broadcast schedule.

  2. Nothing to see here by Lawrence_Bird · · Score: 5, Informative

    Its for mobile only. Wake us all up when plain old tv is available by IP (FiOS) a la carte.