well, bundling is still a part of free-market, and a necessary one. it's just like gov taxes: you pay a bit, you use some of the services but not all, but you support the other services you don't use because they don't get enough money from those who actually use them.
the financial alternative? if only those who watched a show paid for it, it would cost more. MUCH more. and if people won't pay what it would really cost, it goes away. there's reasons i don't watch "new" tv, and the #1 reason is that anything i like disappears far too soon because i'm one of the few that likes it.
now, it would be nice if the rating and advertising system actually paid all the costs and the cable providers didn't need to pay. it should be like grocery stores where the cable company is paid by the networks to carry (yes, the big brands pay the grocery store to stock their stuff on that limited shelf-space - most of their profits are actually in commodity trading - it's a really weird set-up).
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Date: 2008-12-31 03:54 pm (UTC)the financial alternative? if only those who watched a show paid for it, it would cost more. MUCH more. and if people won't pay what it would really cost, it goes away. there's reasons i don't watch "new" tv, and the #1 reason is that anything i like disappears far too soon because i'm one of the few that likes it.
now, it would be nice if the rating and advertising system actually paid all the costs and the cable providers didn't need to pay. it should be like grocery stores where the cable company is paid by the networks to carry (yes, the big brands pay the grocery store to stock their stuff on that limited shelf-space - most of their profits are actually in commodity trading - it's a really weird set-up).