Just as in politics, the media wars to program the unprogrammed robot viewers/readers will be in full force with the media itself being on the chopping block this time, they are even trying to link job losses on A la Carte tv, the so called useful idiots read/view this junk and run with it.
There will be job losses for sure, but, it will come from the cable/satellite industry moving to streaming delivery, no more emplyoyees needed for a dish install, all online signups, no call center employees, no employees making set top boxes etc.. no more satellite building, launching, operating, and the downlink operations also,. Just as what happened to the print media and the record industry so too will it disrupt the tv industry, just a matter of time, looking like late 2016 for it to start.
Where the unprogrammed robots are getting their programming on the cost increase for A la Cart is the cost of the last mile internet connection cost, title II of the recently passed net neutrality regs (allowing communities/companies access to the infrastructure, ie. competition) will lower the cost for internet access.
consumers ideally want a package of 17 channels, with all the new companies streaming ( pun intended) into the market with their 20 buck skinny bundles one of them is sure to get it right with deep discounts compared to todays bundles.
These skinny bundles are just the beginning here in the U.S. following the route Canada has taken getting to A la Carte tv.
Many new over-the-top (OTT) digital services that have started up -- or will be -- are establishing so-called “skinny” TV packages of 30 channels or less
http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/...following-completion-directv-acqui/2015-07-02
Until now, any newcomer looking to offer TV service in a region had to go through the onerous process of getting a broadcast license.
With net neutrality passage no longer can the content providers refuse to sell programming to the small upstart company here in the U.S., this was how big media kept a monopoly for eons, thats all over now, bring on all the new upstart tv providers also known as competition.
Same route Canada used to get to A la Carte.
The CRTC is now easing those rules by allowing newcomer companies with fewer than 20,000 subscribers to sell TV service without a license. It is also establishing a Wholesale Code that will lay out the rules under which broadcasters such as Bell-owned CTV and Shaw-owned Global must deal with new entrant TV providers. The rules will be finalized by September of this year.
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/blogs-and-comment/why-pick-and-pay-will-lower-cable-costs/