Pay-Per-Show. TV A La Carte
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 9/19/2015 1:00:00 AM
Why is TV so expensive?
According to a recent study, The Average American pays over $90 per month for 172 channels that they don't watch.. Some pay even more, and they still don't watch most of the channels they pay for. What a waste of money.
Thankfully some cable companies are now offering A La Carte plans, allowing you to reduce the number of channels by selecting popular groups of channels. While this is a good start, they don't give you the flexibility to select only the channels you plan on watching.
Wouldn't it be great if you only paid for the shows you actually watch?
This would be the perfect option for people like me who don't watch that much TV. Why should they have to pay for the bulk of the time when the TV isn't even on. At least give people the choice. Those who watch a lot of TV can keep their existing plan. Those who don't will only pay when they watch.
The easiest way to make this happen would be to offer Internet-Only plans, then offer shows on-demand through a streaming player, such as Roku, Google Play, Samsung Smart TV, or Apple TV.
It's hard to imagine how we went from free TV to paying over $100 per month, especially since almost every channel has commercials, To me, any channel that has commercials should be free. That's what commercials are for.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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