Disembodied Spirit Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Starting in 2016 in Canada you will get to subscribe only to those channels you actually watch.Hallelujah. Now if only the good ol USA can follow in their footsteps.Got me thinking, how many channels do you actually NEED or use on a daily/ weekly basis.And in the future will you go, "I don't watch that show, my house gets no A&E." http://finance.yahoo...-202608119.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I honestly only really watch 4 channels on a regular basis. Fox News, History, HGTV and The Golf Channel. The first 3 I would say I have on at least 90% of the time... :codger: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 I honestly only really watch 4 channels on a regular basis. Fox News, History, HGTV and The Golf Channel. The first 3 I would say I have on at least 90% of the time... :codger:How nice would it be to ONLY have 1 news channel.All of the Bravo, USA, etc....I never watch them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Maybe this is the way U.S. cable companies can compete with streaming services? Cable is dying a fast death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Haven't had satellite tv in a while. Netflixing and interneting stuff does enough for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Anyone get that new Sling TV? I got that on my new Roku device I got with my tax return money. It has live streaming cable channels and even has the most recent and 4th US premium channel, Epix. That's the channel that plays nothing but Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate titles new and old which formed after the previous home of the studios, Showtime, wouldn't renegotiate their contracts with them. I also hear that new HBO Now is gonna be on Apple TV and Sony has their new Vue service out in 3 markets now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) How nice would it be to ONLY have 1 news channel. That would be terrible. A great way to brainwash the masses even more!! Edited March 20, 2015 by Justin Case 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USB Connector Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 This is great. When I used to watch TV I'd only care about Space and Discovery (which they seriously need to rename nowadays). I know a few of my friends will likely just have the channel which airs Game of Thrones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 How nice would it be to ONLY have 1 news channel. That would be terrible. A great way to brainwash the masses even more!!But aren't people already brainwashing themselves with the news?Most people are loyal to one news source. Fox, CNN, MSNBC.Most people do not float between 3-4 news sources.I equate it to your home internet page.Most people ONLY see Yahoo or MSN. Not both.Already happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) That is by choice, and just because it happens does not by any means make it ok., We should never be forced to only hear one side of anything. Edited March 20, 2015 by Justin Case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I would really like to see the ala carte prices. I know ESPN is extremely expensive, and likely would be ala carte. This may cause a lot of channels to die, especially if nobody wants them. Nobody watching = no advertising dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabesCavesOfIce Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 How nice would it be to ONLY have 1 news channel. That would be terrible. A great way to brainwash the masses even more!!But aren't people already brainwashing themselves with the news?Most people are loyal to one news source. Fox, CNN, MSNBC.Most people do not float between 3-4 news sources.I equate it to your home internet page.Most people ONLY see Yahoo or MSN. Not both.Already happening. On the topic of single 'news' source - The right is extremely loyal to fox, which is a partisan channel. Every GOP leaning friend/family/acquaintance I know watches fox. Every one. The left watches msnbc, also a partisan channel, but they also watch, as ratings indicate, cnn and the major networks. In the aggregate, that leads to an interesting interpretation of fair and balanced. The non affiliated, we watch the nhl network. But this is not SOCN, so I'll go back to crankin FBN away from here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Haven't had satellite tv in a while. Netflixing and interneting stuff does enough for me.That's where I'll be in May, when my DirectTV contract is up. I have the base package, which still costs me $1,000/year. Ignore the monthly fee. Look at your annual bill and ask if dish or cable is worth it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 That is by choice, and just because it happens does not by any means make it ok., We should never be forced to only hear one side of anything.Which is why you will get to choose.Maybe you will choose 2 news services or 3 or 10.At the same point I do not need 5 Disney channels, never a child in my house, but it's on my Cable.The content is not the point, the point is, Let me choose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I'm not gonna get that Sony Vue until pay packages are available. I hear rumors Showtime is gonna make a deal with them. I love that it offers Fox Sports Net West, though, so I can watch my Angels games. Can't do that on Slingtv yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 I'm not gonna get that Sony Vue until pay packages are available. I hear rumors Showtime is gonna make a deal with them. I love that it offers Fox Sports Net West, though, so I can watch my Angels games. Can't do that on Slingtv yet.Regional sports broadcasts are such a crapshot. Glad you get your games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) I'm not gonna get that Sony Vue until pay packages are available. I hear rumors Showtime is gonna make a deal with them. I love that it offers Fox Sports Net West, though, so I can watch my Angels games. Can't do that on Slingtv yet.http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZC7cG53QJ6k/TcK1EaqEIQI/AAAAAAAAZQw/iLttDAmd5Ls/s400/polls_AngelsSuck_3609_314467_poll_xlarge.jpg Edited March 24, 2015 by goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 That is by choice, and just because it happens does not by any means make it ok., We should never be forced to only hear one side of anything.Which is why you will get to choose.Maybe you will choose 2 news services or 3 or 10.At the same point I do not need 5 Disney channels, never a child in my house, but it's on my Cable.The content is not the point, the point is, Let me choose^^^This.I have no use for the multiple Spanish language channels that are part of my DirecTV package. Thank goodness for their Favorite Channels subprogram routine, where I can program my own channels subset (and the wife can program hers). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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