[opendtv] Re: News: Cable Industry Faces a la Carte Proposal
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:50:57 -0400
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=3D10140
June 7, 2006
Cable Industry Faces a la Carte Proposal
By Doug Halonen
[ ... ]
Under the measure, video service providers that offer a la carte to
their own subscribers -- and permit programming they own to be offered a
la carte by independently owned distributors -- would be rewarded with
substantial deregulation.
In addition, the legislation would punish broadcast companies that don't
permit cable TV programming they own to be offered a la carte. A la
carte programming would allow subscribers to choose and pay for only the
programming they want.
[ ... ]
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I'd say, there will be no bandwidth crunch in cable systems anymore,
then. I'll bet well over half of the channels now available will become
economically infeasible. Plenty of room for HDTV.
Bert
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