Latest Breaking News

DJ13

(23,671 posts)

28. Sounds like a good old fashioned shakedown to get money from the cable co.'s

Reply to AngryAmish (Original post)

Thu May 9, 2013, 03:33 PM

May 2013

"Contribute to me reelection fund, or I'll work to pass my own bill".

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

49 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

US Sen. McCain working on 'a la carte' cable TV bill [View all] AngryAmish May 2013 OP

"This is a good thing..." Archae May 2013 #1

The cable companies would love this jeff47 May 2013 #38

We might go back to cable channels that are as they are labeled. Archae May 2013 #46

meaning McCain will denounce it NewJeffCT May 2013 #2

So true! JustAnotherGen May 2013 #3

The only chance it has of passing is if it's written by a Republican and pushed by Republcans ... zbdent May 2013 #4

I would happily stop paying for sports channels Maeve May 2013 #5

see below, I'm just the opposite! AngryAmish May 2013 #8

Agreed--I'd trade every single sports channel for BBC America Maeve May 2013 #12

So would I, plus the religious and the Spanish channels. n/t RebelOne May 2013 #23

Sports channels, bible TV and shopping channels Warpy May 2013 #30

It would break my heart if bible tv and shopping channels became extinct. LiberalFighter May 2013 #47

There really are only about a dozen channels I watch AngryAmish May 2013 #6

You may not like this then because it was found that the sports channels are subsidized okaawhatever May 2013 #21

I'm kind of shocked that Google didn't manage to impliment a la carte tridim May 2013 #7

McCain may get his wish gvstn May 2013 #15

And a Matlock channel. Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #22

Naw, he wants the Military Channel and nothing else Warpy May 2013 #31

Golden Girls? Is that an ageist slam? MADem May 2013 #34

It's not Google or the cable companies stopping a-la-carte jeff47 May 2013 #39

Yea, I know. It's just that Google TV is brand new and they have some leverage with the networks. tridim May 2013 #41

I hope it happens AndyA May 2013 #9

The ones you list you don't watch are the same ones that I don't watch. Liberalynn May 2013 #25

Then I could get rid of the 20 religious channels NickB79 May 2013 #10

Cant wait to get rid of fox .. srican69 May 2013 #11

I would like to see this happen, however Sherman A1 May 2013 #13

That is the only thing that scares me about a la-carte liberal N proud May 2013 #16

About six dollars per subscriber goes to ESPN now. CBGLuthier May 2013 #29

The pricing deals for them would probably be hideously predatory Posteritatis May 2013 #37

I would much prefer this Marrah_G May 2013 #14

It's a great idea, but... thesquanderer May 2013 #17

Useless and futile exercise cosmicone May 2013 #18

cable tv? yonder May 2013 #19

Would be the one decent thing he's done in the last 10 years ... Myrina May 2013 #20

We already got this its called ROKU, Drop the cable company bahrbearian May 2013 #24

Absolutely. former9thward May 2013 #42

I'm going to put my old CPU next to my TV and get a wireless keyboard bahrbearian May 2013 #45

O please Drale May 2013 #26

Democratization of Cable TV bucolic_frolic May 2013 #27

Sounds like a good old fashioned shakedown to get money from the cable co.'s DJ13 May 2013 #28

cable companies are losing money because of their overpriced packages Skittles May 2013 #32

I've been on do-it-yourself a la carte since December Lydia Leftcoast May 2013 #33

Shopping for news on cable madamesilverspurs May 2013 #35

A la carte is a big win for everyone bigworld May 2013 #36

The cable companies aren't scared. The content companies are. jeff47 May 2013 #40

This would be instant death for most religious and porn channels. Mr.Bill May 2013 #43

While he's at it, let's get rid of cable boxes high density May 2013 #44

I think McCain's plan HeiressofBickworth May 2013 #48

Profiles in courage. Orsino May 2013 #49