Hands up and give us the money, Mouse!

[slashsteel]

Well thought out stuff. Money post all around. This last paragraph struck me a bit funny though. I cut the cable a year or so ago. My only entertainment is Netflix and sometimes Amazon. Not paying 200/month has been wonderful and I don't miss the tele at all. With all the ohter services poppong up, I can see where people who cut the cable cord are now paying MORE for all the different streaming services. I simply won't do it because I don't use it enough. But, you are right that industry consolidation is coming. If that drives my prices up, I will just sign off tele. It is very liberating not to be tied to the idiot box.

Hoot-ie and the no dish.

 

[madinsomniac]

Just so every cable cutter knows... the internet broadband providers that also happen to be cable companies are eliminating unlimited internet packages and moving to pay for use models to counter the streaming revaluation... cable companies are monopolies and should be nuked to the high heavens... nothing but collusion and bad business practices there...

 

[madinsomniac]

Just so every cable cutter knows... the internet broadband providers that also happen to be cable companies are eliminating unlimited internet packages and moving to pay for use models to counter the streaming revaluation... cable companies are monopolies and should be nuked to the high heavens... nothing but collusion and bad business practices there...

Im not seeing an edit feature so every ham handed typo is going to live in infamy I guess

 

[Stryker]

The last year I had any cable/sat options was Tebow's big year in Denver. 2011. Watched all those games as well as the Steelers. Put an antenna mast on the house and streamed/DLed the shows I wanted to watch.

Now it's every 2 years I have to play the ISPs against each other so I'm paying under $50/mo for internet.

 

[Coryea]

we have Dish with Pittsburgh locals for 85/month that's how I watch the Steelers and Pens.
Then have armstrong internet, up to 150 Mpbs download speed and it's capped at 1TB for 60/month. Armstrong has two more tiers, Up to 300 Mpbs and capped at 2TB for 90/month, and they have a unlimted data with 1gbps speed for 109/month

 

[deljzc]

Well thought out stuff. Money post all around. This last paragraph struck me a bit funny though. I cut the cable a year or so ago. My only entertainment is Netflix and sometimes Amazon. Not paying 200/month has been wonderful and I don't miss the tele at all. With all the ohter services poppong up, I can see where people who cut the cable cord are now paying MORE for all the different streaming services. I simply won't do it because I don't use it enough. But, you are right that industry consolidation is coming. If that drives my prices up, I will just sign off tele. It is very liberating not to be tied to the idiot box.

Well. Eventually, there is no "tele". It is content to be watched on any device hooked up the internet. And that will be much harder to just say "I'm not going to do it".

Do you link to news? Youtube? Watch any sports on your computer or phone? Theoretically, it could all be lumped together as "content" controlled by the Big 6 or Big 8 providers. Eventually, they might even buy up and control news and music access.

I mean, I am watching ALL my soccer on the computer now. My wife kind of controls the main TV, but I am using streaming services now and watching content I want on my computer. Particularly sports because multitasking is so much easier for me on a computer.

I have Amazon Prime Music and it is amazing. It's like having the greatest CD collection right at your fingertips anywhere, any time (phone, car, computer, TV, etc.).

The real question is what will government decide is "minimum content" you HAVE to have access to without paying much for it? Radio is mostly "free", certain TV channels which will provide at least basic stuff: (maybe) local sports, news, maybe some shows will have to be relatively "free". These "free" offerings will continue to use the outdated ad model for revenue. Maybe most stuff on the internet will be "free" and use ad model for revenue.

But eventually the "best of the best" content will get swallowed up the big boys and be marketed in packages you have to pay monthly for.

We're all in this process of just figuring out "free" ad-based revenue vs. "subscription" monthly cost content.

 

[Coryea]

Well. Eventually, there is no "tele". It is content to be watched on any device hooked up the internet. And that will be much harder to just say "I'm not going to do it".

Do you link to news? Youtube? Watch any sports on your computer or phone? Theoretically, it could all be lumped together as "content" controlled by the Big 6 or Big 8 providers. Eventually, they might even buy up and control news and music access.

I mean, I am watching ALL my soccer on the computer now. My wife kind of controls the main TV, but I am using streaming services now and watching content I want on my computer. Particularly sports because multitasking is so much easier for me on a computer.

I have Amazon Prime Music and it is amazing. It's like having the greatest CD collection right at your fingertips anywhere, any time (phone, car, computer, TV, etc.).

The real question is what will government decide is "minimum content" you HAVE to have access to without paying much for it? Radio is mostly "free", certain TV channels which will provide at least basic stuff: (maybe) local sports, news, maybe some shows will have to be relatively "free". These "free" offerings will continue to use the outdated ad model for revenue. Maybe most stuff on the internet will be "free" and use ad model for revenue.

But eventually the "best of the best" content will get swallowed up the big boys and be marketed in packages you have to pay monthly for.

We're all in this process of just figuring out "free" ad-based revenue vs. "subscription" monthly cost content.

Oh man, now you did it, you mentioned soccer, you'll soon get several messages stating you're gay and a pansy.