Since the cable cos are being forced to sell instead of rent boxes this would be an ideal outlet for them to start offering a la carte. When a box is sold it comes with your choice of channels hard wired into it. When you want to change/add/remove channels you just buy a new box (trade-in). You get charged monthly based on the channels your box is wired for.
Have the boxes require an active phone line by forcing a dialtone check every 24 hours to keep services running and to call in ppv orders. More or less secure, and it opens new revenue streams for the cable companies (hardware sales).
Well, the site does say that, and from comparison to his previous/. interview, that does appear to be similar to his writing style. I'm not certain whether this is a good thing or not, but it certainly can't be worse than the Yar crossovers. What next, Leonard Nimoy portraying his great-grandfather who coincidentally happens to be father/uncle/whatever to Jolene Blalock's character?
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Since the cable cos are being forced to sell instead of rent boxes this would be an ideal outlet for them to start offering a la carte. When a box is sold it comes with your choice of channels hard wired into it. When you want to change/add/remove channels you just buy a new box (trade-in). You get charged monthly based on the channels your box is wired for.
Have the boxes require an active phone line by forcing a dialtone check every 24 hours to keep services running and to call in ppv orders. More or less secure, and it opens new revenue streams for the cable companies (hardware sales).
Well, the site does say that, and from comparison to his previous /. interview, that does appear to be similar to his writing style. I'm not certain whether this is a good thing or not, but it certainly can't be worse than the Yar crossovers. What next, Leonard Nimoy portraying his great-grandfather who coincidentally happens to be father/uncle/whatever to Jolene Blalock's character?