What would your ala carte cable package look like?

[Captain Craig]

With talk of a possible change to an ala carte system for cable coming in the near future what would your ala carte menu look like?

Is this idea finally moving forward with a legit chance of happening?! Could you post a link?

Assuming you'd get the networks at no cost: ABC,CBS,FOX,CW & PBS

I'd then get very few:
CNN
FOXNews
ESPN
National Geographic
History
Animal Planet
Food Network
F/X
Cartoon Network
Discovery Channel
SyFy
E!

I don't have cable cause I see no reason to subsidize so many channels with programming I either don't care for or see as total crap.

 

[Sakrysta]

I'll stick with what I have now: nothing.

Me too. I'm to the point where if I can't see it online, legally, and free, I'm not going to see it. I'm accumulating a satisfactory DVD collection, and if Hulu goes away and I have no more free options, I'll simply watch what I have, buy new DVDs blind, or just go without.

On any of the channels available, I only watch one or two shows a week. Why pay for non-stop programming, the majority of which I will not watch?

No broadcast signal in my home since 2002, and no plans to change that, pretty much ever.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I think this thread illustrates why this model will be fought against tooth and nail by the entertainment industry.

Yep.

But they will lose! SuperObama will save us all!

One channel with three hours of excellent programming per week -- more than that is too much TV for me. Oh, I also need to specify -- no commercials.

You're in luck, these already exist. They're called HBO and Showtime.

Is this idea finally moving forward with a legit chance of happening?! Could you post a link?

It was a brief mention in a recent article, but not much in the way of evidence why it's "on the horizon."

According to the LA Times, a la carte cable TV pricing could happen this year.

Don't be surprised if 2010 is finally the year that Washington forces cable operators to offer subscribers the option to choose the networks they want rather than pay for a bundle of channels they don't. The "a la carte" issue will upend the industry, especially for the owners of sports channels.

If this really does become realistic, I'm sure industry coverage in places like Variety and the LA Times will tell us so long in advance.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Apart from the standard broadcast channels, these would be the channels I'd pick up:

C-SPAN
USA
FX
TBS
TNT
CNN
MSNBC
Discovery
History
The Weather Channel
ABC Family
Cartoon Network
Turner Classic Movies
TV Land
SyFy
C-SPAN 2
C-SPAN 3
National Geographic
BBC America
Biography
GSN (gotta have my Match Game reruns!)

 

[Nowhere Man]

ABC
CBS
NBC
FOX
History
Discovery
NatGeo
History International
Science
MSNBC
CNN
CNN HLN
SCIFI(I would change it back to normal)
CW(Until Smallville goes off)
Comedy Central
C-SPAN 1&2
Food
HGTV
TRAVEL
E(for the Soup)
TOON
Boomerang
FX
True TV
Spike
TBS
TNT
USA
A&E
The Wheather Channel
AMC
VH1:Classic
G4(Practicaly Useless)
NASA
PBS
HBO

 

[Peach Wookiee]

I'm happy with what I've got, and I know my parents are. We have a package with Comcast. And around here, they're pretty good. They have to be.

 

[Warp Coil]

I'm not watching much TV these days, so this is list is probably a lot smaller than it would have been a year or two ago. This is probably more than I even need at the moment:

ABC
NBC
Fox
A&E
Adult Swim
BBC America
Comedy Central
HBO
Showtime
SyFy

 

[Sephiroth]

I think this thread illustrates why this model will be fought against tooth and nail by the entertainment industry.

because too many specialty channels will die, I mean realy, how many people watch ESPN2+( I think there are 6 or 7 espn channels now)?this is mostly a good thing, but my satelite provider DOES have a couple of specilaty channels I like, Sleuth (runs Twin Peaks, all the L&Os, and Homicide) and Chiller (runs horror movies, Tales from the Crypt, Tales from the Darkside ect) that i'd hate to see go