So if channels like Comedy Central are already willing to effectively pay cable companies to broadcast their signal, then they would obviously be willing to pay for a satellite company to broadcast it. The question is how much? Apparently the cumulative total that can be generated from channels like these is less then the cost of launching and running a satellite. Competition and better technology keeps driving prices from companies like Disk Network and Direct TV lower and lower. I look forward to the day when the new offer it "100 channels for $0 per month, with free installation.... commercial free channels extra"
So with this economic analysis in mind, exactly how much does the price of putting up a satellite have to drop before a company will start broadcasting radio channels for free. And even more importantly, when will a company like DirectTV start broadcasting their commercial channels for free. Wouldn't a regular cable channel like comedy central be willing to take some of their revenue from commercials and pay a satellite company to broadcast their signal nation wide for free. If they did this, wouldn't their user base would sky rocket enough to cover the cost
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So if channels like Comedy Central are already willing to effectively pay cable companies to broadcast their signal, then they would obviously be willing to pay for a satellite company to broadcast it. The question is how much? Apparently the cumulative total that can be generated from channels like these is less then the cost of launching and running a satellite. Competition and better technology keeps driving prices from companies like Disk Network and Direct TV lower and lower. I look forward to the day when the new offer it "100 channels for $0 per month, with free installation.... commercial free channels extra"
So with this economic analysis in mind, exactly how much does the price of putting up a satellite have to drop before a company will start broadcasting radio channels for free. And even more importantly, when will a company like DirectTV start broadcasting their commercial channels for free. Wouldn't a regular cable channel like comedy central be willing to take some of their revenue from commercials and pay a satellite company to broadcast their signal nation wide for free. If they did this, wouldn't their user base would sky rocket enough to cover the cost