No, I won’t pay $10 a month to access reruns |
Apparently the four biggest broadcast networks — CBS, ABC, Fox and NBC — are pondering some ridiculous ideas are being floated around to compete (?) against PVRs and offer popular TV content for sale. CNET has more:
One approach being contemplated, one participant said, would offer viewers on-demand access to programs ranked in the top 20 (over a period of time to be determined) for a fee of $10 a month, on top of the regular bill. A price for an individual program may also be contemplated, another person close to the talks said. “There have been high-level discussions, but no definitive decisions or deals,” Harrad said.
The article further points out: “The concept under discussion is aimed at making what was on TV last night as compelling to viewers as what is on tonight.”
Do these execs even know what a PVR is?
Maybe it’s just me here, but why wouldn’t somebody go get Media Center (less than $500 USD) or a subscription to TiVO or heck a cable box integrated with PVR? I’m not seeing where paying $10 more a month to catch the show you shouldn’t have missed by programming it in advance would be realistic. What type of (extremely lazy?) TV viewer is going to pay that every month? TV already costs too much in many people’s opinion.
What would I know though, we haven’t paid a dime for TV since December 2005 when we sent our cable TV plan packing and have only one of six TVs hooked up to DirecTV as part of their class action suit plan (free for six months). This is scheduled to run out in the summer when we will need to decide whether or not we want to purchase a TV plan again or go completely TV-less. I’m not sure my wife can go without Lifetime and the sports, particularly NFL and MLB are going to be tough for me to let go. Fortunately, I can watch at least the MLB on my computer so maybe I’ll get my fix that way but I don’t believe Lifetime is available via the web.
The last few years I’ve bought the radio plan which is like 20 bones for the entire MLB season. Great for listening to the Mariners since KOMO only intermittently comes in where we are, even with the RadioShark.
Would any readers pay $10/month to access reruns? And if so, why?
Did this post make you go hmm?
(Hmm, no ratings yet)
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Beats me. The strange thing about this “plan” is that you would have to sign up for it, so you would have to plan ahead to forget to plan ahead.
We’re doing the DirecTV MLB Extra Innings plan this year, though after they finally published the schedule it looks like it includes NO pre-season games. Besides the Mariners, my wife (who is originally from northern New Jersey) likes the Yankees, so once the season is under way we will be glued to the big screen.
Comment by Sterling Camden — March 27, 2006 @ 6:48 pm PST
A Yankees fan married to a Mariners fan? That sounds interesting!
Comment by TDavid — March 27, 2006 @ 7:56 pm PST
She roots for the Mariners, too. Multiple Personality Disorder. It’s only a problem when they’re playing each other, and then a healthy dose of wine helps…to soften her punches.
Comment by Sterling Camden — March 27, 2006 @ 8:01 pm PST