Re: Big Cable Is Bleeding: 500K+ Subscribers Lost In Q3
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[quote=”Meester.Rip”] For the people that pay 100 – 160 or more a month on TV, I don’t see how they do it without having a serious attack of buyer’s remorse everytime they get the bill.
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Hey now, I resemble that remark! 😉 I admit it hurts each month, but I also get to watch quite a few things I wouldn’t be able to otherwise. Between Syfy, DIY, Spike, HBO, and Starz, we’d be missing quite a few shows. Could we watch them later using Netflix or something? Sure, if I wanted to subscribe to their service instead. It’s not like we could completely get rid of satellite and go Netflix and OTA only. Besides, at that point, you start to negate the savings and you have to weigh the pros and cons.
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Well I know it is a dark area, ok illegal I guess, but I get all my Boardwalk, Walking Dead, Weeds and Dexter the next day in HD from eztv. I’d pay for HBO if that is all I had to pay for. They say is would be 17 a month but then I’d have to subscribe to a higher priced Digital package also so 17 becomes 50. I look at it this way. If the restroom doesn’t have a trash can by the door and you start throwing your towels into the corner then eventually a trash can appears, I hope that the pay services learn that we won’t take it anymore and start cutting their prices or redisgning their packages.
It is already working to an extent, we have Google TV, HULU and dozen other services popping up every week. The big providers will either crack under pressure or fail. People just need to keep casting their vote with cancellations of service.