On May 9, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > We have been discussing a la carte cable here for over 10 years and I came to > that conclusion a long time ago. If you can subscribe to single channels, and > you want to catch a show that airs on AMC on Tuesday nights, what's to stop > you from signing up for AMC on Tuesday afternoon and canceling on Wednesday > afternoon? I believe that a la carte cable will lead to a la carte by > program, which is close to an iTunes model.
DirecTV actually used to have a 1-day minimum subscription for their premium channels, but they had so many people subscribing to HBO Sunday afternoon and unsubscribing Monday afternoon that they now have a 1-month minimum. -- Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
