Which stations would you sacrifice for more HD?

[squicken]

I say Voom should show HBO SD etc but reduce the bitrate until it becomes a slideshow.

I'd get rid of the Auction channel

Good idea. I wonder if there is contract language on that?

 

[Mr. Biggles]

Ok!! Show of hands....who voted for dumping the Golf Channel. You can't be serious?!?!

 

[BlackHitachi]

Even though no one watches BET, it has to be carried b/c of political correctness.

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Yea any way there are alot of channels that DIFFERENT people do not like. I know the ala cart will not work.. "I WISH IT WOULD" i hope they Voom can add all the channels that dish and Direct have but until that can be done we need to get rid of at least 5 Cin channels also MOOV and most definate the barkers at least one.. We will not all be happy at any time but this would help in our qwest for HD. I want good quality HD.. LOTS OF IT!! Sorry for rambling along i Just got really pissed when first read this thread and instead of lowering myself to a lower level i will stop!! ANYWAY VOOMERS HD MORE HD!!

 

[squicken]

Most people probably have a list of 10-15 channels that they watch 90% of the time, but everyone's list is different.

Before everyone lumps me in with David Duke, read this part of my initial post. Many of us on this forum like TechTV. But it is a ratings loser. Remember when it was ZDTV. Ziff-Davis sold it b/c they were losing money big time.

Again, I should have never mentioned BET. Stupid me.

blackhitatchi, like you say, a la carte would hurt niche programming. Opponents' of a la carte main complaint is that it will eliminate diversity in television. I don't subscribe to AC Nielson, so I can't whip out ratings data. But I have read that the only time BET gets decent ratings is during the 2-5 home from school hours.

I did do some homework on this. I was wrong to say BET is carried for PC reasons. BET is owned by Viacom. Viacom packages MTV, BET, Nickelodeon, etc., when it negotiates deals.