Joe Clayton talks about a la carte

[mike123abc]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffber...e-coming-soon-dream-on-says-dish-network-ceo/

I think we’re going to get to a point at some place in time where we have pushed to consumer to two, three hundred dollars a month for programming. They’re not going to accept that, nor can they afford it. Then the industry will say “Oh my gosh,” and we’ll have to pull back and look at the model. When that is, I do not know.

Nothing really new in the article, but touches on CBS, Beck, HBO GO, AMC and a la carte... All hot topics.

 

[Laddyboy]

At 2-300 bucks per month, they'll already have lost a bunch of customers to other means of delivery.

 

[rapidturtle]

It is really getting to a point where you turn on the T.V. and say to yourself," what the hell am I paying all of this money for"? I would say over half of what we watch is on the main networks, and then another 10 channels or so would do fine for us. If I was in an area that I could get OTA, I would cut the cord tomorrow. If prices for a middle of the road package start going over $100 a month, I will have to go back to a basic cable package and then just use streaming services for my other shows. This crap on T.V. really isn't worth the money they are charging.

 

[Scherrman]

Other forms of delivery may be just as expensive by then also.

 

[Scherrman]

It is really getting to a point where you turn on the T.V. and say to yourself," what the hell am I paying all of this money for"? I would say over half of what we watch is on the main networks, and then another 10 channels or so would do fine for us. If I was in an area that I could get OTA, I would cut the cord tomorrow. If prices for a middle of the road package start going over $100 a month, I will have to go back to a basic cable package and then just use streaming services for my other shows. This crap on T.V. really isn't worth the money they are charging.

You need to realize that there really won't be many options for basic cable either. Most cable companies are all switching to digital and their costs have gone up. The cable companies do not always have very competitive packages. I don't think people would care to save $5 to get half the amount of channels. At least I wouldn't.

 

[boba]

Look into the Welcome Pack at $14.99 has a little more than basic channels for not too high a price.

It is really getting to a point where you turn on the T.V. and say to yourself," what the hell am I paying all of this money for"? I would say over half of what we watch is on the main networks, and then another 10 channels or so would do fine for us. If I was in an area that I could get OTA, I would cut the cord tomorrow. If prices for a middle of the road package start going over $100 a month, I will have to go back to a basic cable package and then just use streaming services for my other shows. This crap on T.V. really isn't worth the money they are charging.

 

[mike123abc]

Look into the Welcome Pack at $14.99 has a little more than basic channels for not too high a price.

If the welcome pack had HD I bet it would be a lot more popular.

 

[The Fat Man]

Then what are we going to do? Unglue ourselves from our couches and get some exercise?

 

[Teehar]

If the welcome pack had HD I bet it would be a lot more popular.

If it had HD it wouldn't be $14.99 either.

 

[Tampa8]

If it had HD it wouldn't be $14.99 either.

Probably true, plus I doubt Dish wants this to be a package of choice, only of necessity.

 

[CubsWin]

If I was in an area that I could get OTA, I would cut the cord tomorrow.

I feel the same way with the exception of my RSN. If I could get OTA + my RSN and stream everything else, I would be perfectly happy with that. I honestly can't think of anything else I would really miss that can't be streamed.

 

[navychop]

Other forms of delivery may be just as expensive by then also.

Yep. Content owners will do everything they can to get their (our) money. Everything, that is, except cut costs.

How long before small companies produce movies using advanced s/w and no actors? And they figure a way to sell them with tolerable theft losses?

Libraries provide free entertainment. We need to be sure we keep them. Books, real and digital, can be checked out for free.

 

[Mojo Jojo]

If the welcome pack had HD I bet it would be a lot more popular.

And if subs were still able to add BB@Home to it for an extra ten bucks a month (which I still think Dish is losing out on). I do not think that Welcome Pack subs can even add the $7/month Epix package.

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Libraries provide free entertainment. We need to be sure we keep them. Books, real and digital, can be checked out for free.

Bingo, bingo, bingo! You win the prize (I feel like Botan from Yu Yu Hakusho all of a sudden! LOL)! Libraries have DVDs (possibly of movies we watch on TV edited and with commercials); I am not sure about Blu-rays...What you want for free, though? I have also seen some offer free music online if you are library card holder as well as free electronic books...

 

[Mojo Jojo]

If the welcome pack had HD I bet it would be a lot more popular.

To be fair, locals are available in HD where available with the Welcome Pack (as long as the sub has HD equipment). If a premium (like HBO) or a la carte offering (like the $3/month Outdoor Sports) is added, any HD channels in it are included as well.

 

[Claude Greiner]

The whole point of the welcome pack is to help hide the fact they are bleeding customers.

The cancellation fee is $17.50 for every month remaining, they tell customers all day long to downgrade to the welcome pack at $14 per month and ride out their committment instead of paying the entire cancellation fee upfront.

You think they really want to offer a welcome pack? But its better having customers pay $14 per month, then count as a disconnect.

 

[MikeD-C05]

If it had HD it wouldn't be $14.99 either.

IF DISH wanted to they could simply add the $10.00 HD fee to the Welcome pack and you would have it for $24.99 a month. In this day and age I don't think DISH should offer any less than HD on ALL their programming packs WITH HD receivers on them or at least offer HD if it is wanted.

 

[jerryez]

When each actor get $300,000 and up for each episode of a show, the price of your cable or sat bill just goes up from there. That $3,900,000 for 13 episodes. That whole price is in your cable bill.

 

[mr_tv]

Decades back I was a C-band user. I paid $75 a year for my package. A la carte was great. Now they tell us that so many channels would go off the air if there was an a la carte option. Really. I don't watch 75% of the stuff I am overpaying for so why should I care if some crappy network goes off the air due to lack of interest? The market will create the successful networks and get rid of the bad ones that should be off the air now. It is kind of like making me buy a car that is poorly made just because they need some to be sold to stay in business.

 

[NotMe546]

Decades back I was a C-band user. I paid $75 a year for my package. A la carte was great. Now they tell us that so many channels would go off the air if there was an a la carte option. Really. I don't watch 75% of the stuff I am overpaying for so why should I care if some crappy network goes off the air due to lack of interest? The market will create the successful networks and get rid of the bad ones that should be off the air now. It is kind of like making me buy a car that is poorly made just because they need some to be sold to stay in business.

Exactly.
Also let the people who want all those way over priced sports channels pay for them.
Never mind how much space we would have for the rest of the channels.