Posted: 12/7/2014 5:20:52 PM EDT
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Cable costs are outrageous, with apple tv, netfliks, hulu ect, how much longer till people realize they are paying way too much for a bunch of shit channels.
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Still need cable for the cable modem. And when enough people quit cable TV, the companies will certainly try charging for traffic coming from Netflix, Hulu and any other streaming company. This, plus in some areas Sat TV blows. Fiber Optic stuff like FIOS is the best but coverage areas are pretty small. |
| Cable companies/internet providers will start charging premiums for people who have cut the cable and stream most of their content, unless some sort of legislation/net neutrality thing is passed. If that's the case I think once the cable companies lose enough customers they'll move on to an a la carte model, and many of the bigger channels will over their programming without cable as a streaming service. |
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Who is going to make those shows you enjoy on Netflix? Or are we going to only watch old shows from now on. I have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon plus pay for cable w/HBO. I like watching shows as they come out and live TV. If nothing's on worth watching, I flip over and watch something streaming. ETA: if they ever offer channels a la carte, I'll be on that quicker that a brother selling loosies in New York. |
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Who is going to make those shows you enjoy on Netflix? Or are we going to only watch old shows from now on. I have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon plus pay for cable w/HBO. I like watching shows as they come out and live TV. If nothing's on worth watching, I flip over and watch something streaming. ETA: if they ever offer channels a la carte, I'll be on that quicker that a brother selling loosies in New York. Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu have all begun creating their own content, and lots of it is good. |
| The service has to get paid for somehow. Remember when most of the cost of your cell phone was for minutes and text? Now its all about the data. I suppose it could force them to go into a la carte model online. But I would think most cable companies would raise the rate of internet instead because that's how you would be watching all your TV. |
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Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu have all begun creating their own content, and lots of it is good. Quoted:
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Who is going to make those shows you enjoy on Netflix? Or are we going to only watch old shows from now on. I have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon plus pay for cable w/HBO. I like watching shows as they come out and live TV. If nothing's on worth watching, I flip over and watch something streaming. ETA: if they ever offer channels a la carte, I'll be on that quicker that a brother selling loosies in New York. Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu have all begun creating their own content, and lots of it is good. Yep, streaming is the future. |
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Riiiight. See what happened the other day with Dish and CBS? When everyone "cuts the cord" what do you think all of the content providers like ESPN and CBS and FOX, etc. are going to do? Wither away and give the shit out for free?
And then where will the high speed net services come from when the cable companies finding that everyone cut the cord? Prepare your anus for some serious stretching thru tiered data plans. |
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Cable companies/internet providers will start charging premiums for people who have cut the cable and stream most of their content, unless some sort of legislation/net neutrality thing is passed. If that's the case I think once the cable companies lose enough customers they'll move on to an a la carte model, and many of the bigger channels will over their programming without cable as a streaming service. You'll never see a la carte cable. If you did, there would be less than a dozen channels to watch, because most channels wouldn't have anywhere near enough subscribers to stay afloat. |
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Yep, streaming is the future. Quoted:
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Who is going to make those shows you enjoy on Netflix? Or are we going to only watch old shows from now on. I have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon plus pay for cable w/HBO. I like watching shows as they come out and live TV. If nothing's on worth watching, I flip over and watch something streaming. ETA: if they ever offer channels a la carte, I'll be on that quicker that a brother selling loosies in New York. Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu have all begun creating their own content, and lots of it is good. Yep, streaming is the future. And they they will just up your internet service fee from $45 or so a month for high speed to $90 or higher. They are not as stupid as you think they are |
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Quoted: Yep, streaming is the future. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Who is going to make those shows you enjoy on Netflix? Or are we going to only watch old shows from now on. I have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon plus pay for cable w/HBO. I like watching shows as they come out and live TV. If nothing's on worth watching, I flip over and watch something streaming. ETA: if they ever offer channels a la carte, I'll be on that quicker that a brother selling loosies in New York. Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu have all begun creating their own content, and lots of it is good. Yep, streaming is the future. |
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Streaming has about 6% penetration - meaning 94% of television viewings are done via satellite, broadcast, or cable.
The biggest driver of streaming is "cute cat videos" and binge watching. Streaming is still a loser for the broadcast companies. Not sure anyone other than Netflix is making money in the business. Last year Netflix made just $48 million - about what just one mild Hollywood blockbuster would make. Hulu (Disney) is a billion dollar company ... but isn't making money and Disney poured another 750 million into it to try to make it profitable. It's hard to pull the TV units out of the media conglomerates ABC/CB/NBC/FOX/Discovery/Disney but they're all making money. For scale purposes ABC/Disney made 7,500 million dollars last year. FOX brought in about 8,400 million dollars. |
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those devices are cheap because your not watching cable tv. The networks that broker contracts with cable company's extort TONS of cash from them just so they can broadcast one channel. for example, if you want to broadcast a popular channel you MUST also pay for it's 10 other shitty channels too.
If cable channels started appearing on roku's and netflix they would have to pay the same money and in turn your subscription fees skyrocket. |
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Still need cable for the cable modem. And when enough people quit cable TV, the companies will certainly try charging for traffic coming from Netflix, Hulu and any other streaming company. Cable Internet or shit slow AT&T DSL... Hmmmmm.... Yeah I got cable. |
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Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu have all begun creating their own content, and lots of it is good. Quoted:
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Who is going to make those shows you enjoy on Netflix? Or are we going to only watch old shows from now on. I have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon plus pay for cable w/HBO. I like watching shows as they come out and live TV. If nothing's on worth watching, I flip over and watch something streaming. ETA: if they ever offer channels a la carte, I'll be on that quicker that a brother selling loosies in New York. Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu have all begun creating their own content, and lots of it is good. They aren't even close to ready for being at the forefront, In time probably, but not yet. Netflix has been doing a GREAT job for example, but 3 shows that all run short seasons isn't enough. |
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Because no alternative is as simple. Cord cutting isn't simple. Every other option takes effort and and a level of tech savvy / self-reliance / dedication most people don't want to invest in. They just want to turn their TV on. I run a Windows Media Center home theater PC with a Ceton IfiniTV Ethernet 6-tuner cable card box and Ceton Echo extenders instead of cable boxes... Every day something has to be restarted, reinstalled, deconflicted or whatever. I feel like I'm on constant IT support duty. People want shit that is easy to set up and works effortlessly. That's why the alternatives remain alternatives.
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