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Originally Posted by Mutt
Creators and producers right now are at the mercy of the middle men - ITunes, Netflix, the cable companies and cable channels - that isn't going to last much longer, the big studios will sell directly to consumers.
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na man. obscene cable bills is the golden goose of the TV industry. Thats why you never see a la carte channel options. thats why there are now channel blackouts every year as the big studios double their fees, & the cable guys just pass the buck to the customer.
Jobs wanted to make an apple TV a la carte to break this business model. even his clout could not make it happen.
shit the cable cos & media cos are one & the same. time warner, comcast. they are stifling the expansion of broadband speed so that consumers don't turn off the cable bill. you will never see HBO stream online, a la carte. & if it wasnt for google fiber, nobody in the USA would have 1 gigabit per second broadband.
its all an example how monopolies stifle innovations & price gouge consumers. the feds of 1913 would never have put up with this shit. 100 years later they just take the lobby money & rubber stamp the mergers.