"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:


Wes wrote:

Everyone is forced to bundle. The content providers force the carriers to take more than
they want and everyone has to pay for it. I haven't watched ESPN since they carried the
Tour de France but I'm paying for it, or shall we say I'm subsidizing it.


ESPN is trying to get people to drop Brighthouse Cable. Apparently,
ESPN wants another big hike in monthly fees and Brighthouse won't agree
to their extortion. It doesn't bother me. There are no sports channels
in the sub-basic package anyway.

I had Versus, a sports channel I like, for a while when Direct TV and the producers were
fighting over a rate increase. Hard on those that pay DTV's rates to not have a channel
they likely pay the higher rates for. It was nice for me though for a while. Versus has
firearm and cycling stuff. Things I like.

Sadly, ESPN is going to win, the easy chair sports types are going to bitch up a storm and
get their way.

I watch hearings periodically where dish and direct claim the price of their packages
would go up if we had ala cart. Well, yah sure if you want all 200 channels. I can get
my wants down to 6 to 7 and even if not subsidized by those that never watch my picks, my
bill should be lower. Arena sports are expensive and that is ESPN.

Wes
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