2013年10月15日星期二

Cable TV Companies Forced to Unbundle in Canada

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The future of TV will be in Canada? Probably not. And even if it is, it may not be what you want in the future. But, boy, it sounds very good, at first glance.
Last weekend, the Canadian government officials said that the country is going to start, for cable operators to spin off the TV and the services they provide, let the customer choose stand, they are willing to pay for. This is for those who like to grouse about cable company, Canada's interior minister James Moore (James Moore) very pleased to accept the holy grail.
"We don't think this is the right canadians pay, they don't watch TV channels., Moore said:" we hope the spin-off television channels, and allows Canadian pick and pay they want TV channels to CTV for a specified period.
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Though the republican senator from Arizona a eccentric efforts, the United States congress soon follow opportunity is relatively small, even if they, you know, the began to do anything. John McCain's TV consumer freedom act (2013) does not move, because it is launched in May, GovTrack. Us now to give it a 1% chance of becoming law.
Television is possible to play the legislation, because the stakes are very high. According to Needham's opinion, half of the industry's revenue (PDF) of about $7 billion, a study published this summer will disappear, if people do not have to pay bundling TV. The company believes the consequences of only 20 stations will survive.
This does not mean that the market will not put them in this direction, and some Canadian cable operators have actually played. Telus corporation (T: CN), one of the country's largest, provides a cut of existing package customer $29 Canada ($28.02), and then let people add channel $$4. Nearly twice as consumers, because to do so, according to the globe and mail. But the beam structure, make people still pay good things, this often means that they are not saved.
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The most "order model eventually pay more or less they pay as before, they have to show it is, now they have less channels," MoffettNathanson research analyst Craig moffett told our reporter.
Let people buy separate TV channel, is almost certain to bid up the price of channels, and people's actual needs. ESPN (DIS), for example, the cost of cable operator customers around $5.15 per month. However, if who just watched ESPN is the man who is willing to pay per week, the company will have to charge, $13 an equal amount of money every month, according to Nielsen (NLSN) brad Adgate horizon media bloomberg "business week" figures. The network may have to sacrifice some income, but the audience will have half a meet.
At the same time, it may stop the existing channel, ESPN. On TV a few popular show, or channels, way to pay for everything. Because no one knows for sure what's going on is a blow, it makes, sponsoring television content that has a certain amount of sense. It seems to be unfair, families pay an average of 200 television channel, but look at those channel only 12 to 14 on a monthly basis. Again, according to Joseph Needham, almost every family watch at least a small passage, not exist, if it has to pay their own way.

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