The FCC is deciding whether or not consumers will be able to purchase cable television by the channel. Yesterday, Chairman Kevin Martin said that individual sales of channels could be economically feasible and in consumers' best interests. Link.
So, you have to decide to pay for every channel you watch...changes things, doesn't it. What are the odds of these networks staying around if this passes?
- Animal Planet...10 to 1
- VH1...2 to 1
- HistoryChannel...15 to 1
- E...7 to 1
- QVC...50 to 1
- SciFi...100 to 1
- C-Span...1 bazillion to 1
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I weep for the "paid programming" channels. Oh, crap, they'll probably make the move to SPAM.