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JDPriestly

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43. Television subscriptions should give viewers a choice with regard to each station.
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 04:06 AM
Feb 2012

Why do we have to watch Fox News?

I don't subscribe to cable at all because of the fact that I have to pay a huge monthly sum for so many channels and get junk like Fox News and Pat Robertson but don't get, say, HBO.

Each person should be able to put together his or her own package and pay an appropriate subscription fee. TV is not a newspaper. You can only watch one channel at a time even if you are subscribed to 140 of them.

I asked my direct TV station why do I need all of these religious channels. I asked them southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #1
Probably for the same reason your newspaper won't let you take the paper without onenote Feb 2012 #7
Well at least you can line the bird cage with it. LOL southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #21
Well, I don't want the sports channels on my TV service, either csziggy Feb 2012 #32
Ain't a gonna happen. RC Feb 2012 #2
Religious broadcasters do not pay for carriage. onenote Feb 2012 #11
I got rid of cable for a Roku box. You should do the same. Avalux Feb 2012 #3
Ask your cable company if they have "a local channels plus public access only" plan Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #5
I am using Hulu while in the hospital to catch up on stuff.... WCGreen Feb 2012 #8
Bravo used to be a premium channel that showed foreign films Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #55
Wow. I had no idea. Wish we still had something like that. Puregonzo1188 Feb 2012 #57
I think that if Current TV went to HULU, it would get a lot of viewers, JDPriestly Feb 2012 #46
I'll check that out... WCGreen Feb 2012 #6
Please do. I had apprehension at first, but it's so much better. n/t Avalux Feb 2012 #14
I'm *this* close to being able to tell Dish to take a giant leap. EFerrari Feb 2012 #10
I encourage you to do it. Avalux Feb 2012 #13
The only thing holding me back is that my mother watches CNN EFerrari Feb 2012 #16
My "local channels plus public access only" plan actually includes CNN, not that I ever watch it Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #35
Did the same. While I can't always get over the air channels (depending on location), when cbayer Feb 2012 #24
Yes, we have ROKU rather than TV. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #44
Yeah! I did. nt tsuki Feb 2012 #62
I am hearing more and more talk. sendero Feb 2012 #4
"ala carte" will take out most small channels, sufrommich Feb 2012 #12
No they wouldn't have to be gone MattBaggins Feb 2012 #15
That's not going to happen anytime soon. sufrommich Feb 2012 #17
Huh? onenote Feb 2012 #33
BBCA, history, and the like are all we watch... YellowRubberDuckie Feb 2012 #26
BBC America is available in 74 million homes onenote Feb 2012 #34
Almost all the BBCA programs come out on DVD and/or Netflix/Amazon streaming pretty quickly Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #36
But where is the money going to come from to produce new shows? onenote Feb 2012 #39
BBCA produces very little on its own Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #51
I wish we could get the REAL BBC and CNN-I SoCalDem Feb 2012 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Feb 2012 #37
C-Span is available for free on the internet. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Feb 2012 #49
I watch National Geographic, History, etc. programs on Netflix via ROKU. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #47
No satellite, no cable. hunter Feb 2012 #9
I would like to see someone that this to court. I seems the only way that we could even hope to jwirr Feb 2012 #18
Its been tried onenote Feb 2012 #23
Maybe we need a ratings war to set one provider against anothe in trying to give us what we want jwirr Feb 2012 #41
Here's a thread I put up a while back about saving on your cable bill.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #19
I'm all for that and I believe I should have a choice of not Cleita Feb 2012 #20
How will I fall asleep it I can't listen to Arnold Murray on my DirecTV? Morning Dew Feb 2012 #22
Why can't we pay for ala carte TV? YellowRubberDuckie Feb 2012 #25
Some Pay To Be On... KharmaTrain Feb 2012 #27
More likely to be the case on satellite than cable onenote Feb 2012 #31
There are *12* church related channels on Dish Network. 12!! Initech Feb 2012 #28
Couldn't you say the same thing about sports channels? onenote Feb 2012 #30
The funny thing is there actually is a Christian satellite TV service. Initech Feb 2012 #38
I know all about SkyAngel. And its not satellite any more and its not all religion either onenote Feb 2012 #40
GOD TV ... and no, I'm not kidding. LiberalAndProud Feb 2012 #45
Do they carry Swear To God, I wonder? Initech Feb 2012 #50
I dropped cable except for internet in 2009 Kelvin Mace Feb 2012 #29
I have many religious channels on my cable TV. RebelOne Feb 2012 #42
Television subscriptions should give viewers a choice with regard to each station. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #43
who says you have to "watch" Fox News? onenote Feb 2012 #56
I don't have to watch Fox News, but I have to pay for the opportunity to watch it. That is what JDPriestly Feb 2012 #63
Better yet just cut your cable bill down by cancelling cable. Then tell them that's the reason. cbdo2007 Feb 2012 #53
I see what you did there.. Black and Gold Feb 2012 #54
What if you allow your child to learn from everyone uranus is my home Feb 2012 #58
no kids.... WCGreen Feb 2012 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #59
How about you cutting your cable down, and cancelling. tsuki Feb 2012 #61
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