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NPD: Cable bill to average $200 per month, soon
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article published on 12 April, 2012
A new report from the NPD Group today claims the average cable subscription will increase to $200 per month by the end of the decade.
Nomura Equity Research says don't blame the cable companies, however. The research firm says program suppliers have increased their fees by 8.2 percent over the last year, alone, and those kind of increases are expected every year going forward.
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Mr_Bill06
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12. April 2012 @ 12:19 |
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TV services should be cheap, I find it very odd we pay so much for something that shoves so many ads in our face. Take a one hour program at most its 45min so the rest is ads. No wonder so many people cut the cord and are now downloading shows online or watching online with other services like Hulu and Netflix. I guess as long as people will pay for it they will keep raising the cost, just like they do with gas.
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12. April 2012 @ 12:36 |
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Actually, the correct format is 44 minutes of actual programming, the rest is adds. For a 1 hour show. 2 - 10 sec [edit] station IDs, then the rest is spent on crap we may or may not need. All deemed necessary by the idiots that put it on the screen.
And yet we pay even more to have it piped into our homes on a monthly basis. Hell, I'm right at that $200 mark, with internet, & all I have is all the basics & HBO.
As far as I'm concerned, get rid of Disney & ESPN & that could easily knock $40 of my bill right away. But nooooo, for some gyotdamn reason we can't choose? They give us a means to purchase any movie, at any time, for any price, or any freebie tv show under the same circumstances, but now all of the sudden we can't get rid of channels we don't want or tailor a bill to our satisfaction?
That's like going to a restaurant & being told what you're going to eat, what you're going to pay for it AND it's already to late you don't get to leave.
Yeah, well cable... It IS your fault.
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Mysttic
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12. April 2012 @ 13:16 |
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As far as I'm concerned, get rid of Disney & ESPN & that could easily knock $40 of my bill right away. But nooooo, for some gyotdamn reason we can't choose? They give us a means to purchase any movie, at any time, for any price, or any freebie tv show under the same circumstances, but now all of the sudden we can't get rid of channels we don't want & tailor a bill to our satisfaction?
That's the thing that TICKS me off about all cable companies. Why can't we pick and choose the stations we want? At one point my bill got as high as $300/month, so I said enough of this and dropped all HD channels and went to the very most basic package I could get. Now I pay $200/month which is still a ripoff considering what I don't get. Its almost to the point where I gonna drop cable altogether.
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SProdigy
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12. April 2012 @ 13:17 |
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Not only ads, but product placement. Ever notice how the actors hold soda or beer cans.
That said, I'd have maybe a dozen stations at most if I were to choose a la carte.
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hearme0
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12. April 2012 @ 15:26 |
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Originally posted by LordRuss:
Actually, the correct format is 44 minutes of actual programming, the rest is adds. For a 1 hour show. 2 - 10 station IDs, then the rest are spent on crap we may or may not need. All deemed necessary by the idiots that put it on the screen.
And yet we pay even more to have it piped into our homes on a monthly basis. Hell, I'm right at that $200 mark, with internet, & all I have is all the basics & HBO.
As far as I'm concerned, get rid of Disney & ESPN & that could easily knock $40 of my bill right away. But nooooo, for some gyotdamn reason we can't choose? They give us a means to purchase any movie, at any time, for any price, or any freebie tv show under the same circumstances, but now all of the sudden we can't get rid of channels we don't want & tailor a bill to our satisfaction?
That's like going to a restaurant & being told what you're going to eat, what you're going to pay for it AND it's already to late you don't get to leave.
Yeah, well cable... It IS your fault.
Actually......it's a tinge over 42 minutes since you felt compelled to henpeck Mr_Bill over a minute.
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hearme0
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12. April 2012 @ 15:30 |
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Originally posted by Mysttic:
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As far as I'm concerned, get rid of Disney & ESPN & that could easily knock $40 of my bill right away. But nooooo, for some gyotdamn reason we can't choose? They give us a means to purchase any movie, at any time, for any price, or any freebie tv show under the same circumstances, but now all of the sudden we can't get rid of channels we don't want & tailor a bill to our satisfaction?
That's the thing that TICKS me off about all cable companies. Why can't we pick and choose the stations we want? At one point my bill got as high as $300/month, so I said enough of this and dropped all HD channels and went to the very most basic package I could get. Now I pay $200/month which is still a ripoff considering what I don't get. Its almost to the point where I gonna drop cable altogether.
I do have to ask.......WTF country are you in that cable is running 300/month???
Ain't no cable bill that high anywhere in the U.S. unless, by chance you subscribe to EVERY LAST SINGLE PREMIUM CABLE CHANNEL ................. PLUS.........stuff like AsiaNet. Seriously.....you need to be a more conscientious consumer!
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SProdigy
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12. April 2012 @ 15:31 |
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Originally posted by hearme0:
Originally posted by Mysttic:
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As far as I'm concerned, get rid of Disney & ESPN & that could easily knock $40 of my bill right away. But nooooo, for some gyotdamn reason we can't choose? They give us a means to purchase any movie, at any time, for any price, or any freebie tv show under the same circumstances, but now all of the sudden we can't get rid of channels we don't want & tailor a bill to our satisfaction?
That's the thing that TICKS me off about all cable companies. Why can't we pick and choose the stations we want? At one point my bill got as high as $300/month, so I said enough of this and dropped all HD channels and went to the very most basic package I could get. Now I pay $200/month which is still a ripoff considering what I don't get. Its almost to the point where I gonna drop cable altogether.
I do have to ask.......WTF country are you in that cable is running 300/month???
Ain't no cable bill that high anywhere in the U.S. unless, by chance you subscribe to EVERY LAST SINGLE PREMIUM CABLE CHANNEL ................. PLUS.........stuff like AsiaNet. Seriously.....you need to be a more conscientious consumer!
Could be paying for 20 set top boxes!
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hearme0
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12. April 2012 @ 15:49 |
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Originally posted by SProdigy:
Originally posted by hearme0:
Originally posted by Mysttic:
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As far as I'm concerned, get rid of Disney & ESPN & that could easily knock $40 of my bill right away. But nooooo, for some gyotdamn reason we can't choose? They give us a means to purchase any movie, at any time, for any price, or any freebie tv show under the same circumstances, but now all of the sudden we can't get rid of channels we don't want & tailor a bill to our satisfaction?
That's the thing that TICKS me off about all cable companies. Why can't we pick and choose the stations we want? At one point my bill got as high as $300/month, so I said enough of this and dropped all HD channels and went to the very most basic package I could get. Now I pay $200/month which is still a ripoff considering what I don't get. Its almost to the point where I gonna drop cable altogether.
I do have to ask.......WTF country are you in that cable is running 300/month???
Ain't no cable bill that high anywhere in the U.S. unless, by chance you subscribe to EVERY LAST SINGLE PREMIUM CABLE CHANNEL ................. PLUS.........stuff like AsiaNet. Seriously.....you need to be a more conscientious consumer!
Could be paying for 20 set top boxes!
Yeah.......there is that. And that would just be INSANE!! That person would benefit from going out for a bike ride and getting a girlfriend.
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Mysttic
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12. April 2012 @ 16:09 |
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Originally posted by hearme0:
Originally posted by Mysttic:
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As far as I'm concerned, get rid of Disney & ESPN & that could easily knock $40 of my bill right away. But nooooo, for some gyotdamn reason we can't choose? They give us a means to purchase any movie, at any time, for any price, or any freebie tv show under the same circumstances, but now all of the sudden we can't get rid of channels we don't want & tailor a bill to our satisfaction?
That's the thing that TICKS me off about all cable companies. Why can't we pick and choose the stations we want? At one point my bill got as high as $300/month, so I said enough of this and dropped all HD channels and went to the very most basic package I could get. Now I pay $200/month which is still a ripoff considering what I don't get. Its almost to the point where I gonna drop cable altogether.
I do have to ask.......WTF country are you in that cable is running 300/month???
Ain't no cable bill that high anywhere in the U.S. unless, by chance you subscribe to EVERY LAST SINGLE PREMIUM CABLE CHANNEL ................. PLUS.........stuff like AsiaNet. Seriously.....you need to be a more conscientious consumer!
Canada. Our cable companies have to pay US cable companies for the rights to air their shows in our country. That cost in turn gets deflected to us Canadians. The more channels you have the higher the charge for those rights to view those stations. Add on top your regular charge, your service fees, your HD fees, etc. It's ridiculous in this country.
I only have 1 box, and 2 TVs that were getting basic cable without the box at $10 extra on my bill. I also live in a backwater town where its more expensive to cable to your house. Still the price is outrageous even after I lowered it. My internet bill is tied in with my cable bill btw, that was $100 a month now its $60. But still it's very costly in our country which is why we download or stream a lot here.
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12. April 2012 @ 16:18 |
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I've not had a cable bill in years.
Pay movie channels have been rip-offs for a very long time.
Broadcast is FREE
200 PPV channels and another 200 infomercial channels can go to hell.
Paying out the ass for HD?
Take HALF of that $200 per month and invest in a GOOD HTPC with great internet... a netflix subscription and a Usenet account.
Done.
Oh, Im sorry... Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?
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Mysttic
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12. April 2012 @ 16:29 |
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You pay that much..........you seriously need a girlfriend to do things with to occupy your time. When my bill reached $142.00 two years ago i got rid of cable tv, now i only have internet and phone. I wanted to get rid of phone but my home security needs a land-line. Take my advice go get yourself an over the air antenna and subscribe to Netflix or Hulu for your movies they are much cheaper. I see no reason for folk's to be paying more than $100.00 for tv/internet/phone that's my 2 cents.
You are an idiot (why? Cause rather than ask why it got that high, you assume I a single guy with no freaking life; wrong, I married with 2 kids @ age 5 and 2; my 5yo has a speech disorder, and the other is crazy smart. Both require constant attention both indoors and outdoors; while they are indoors they enjoy their kids channels (it's the only thing I ever play on my TV as I don't watch tv, I am a gamer).
Please read when I said at 1 point I paid $300 (why? Cause to get Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network through subscriber, I had to get two HD packages on only 1 box. It was insane how much that costs. Now my kids live with Treehouse and a few other standard channels. Whatever else they need I get off the net) now my bill is cut in half thanks. Like geesh.
However you are smart to go with Netflix and Hulu. I don't think Hulu is in Canada yet, but I know Netflix is. However, they suck up bandwidth like no tomorrow. And I got an 80GB cap, so cable it is.
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12. April 2012 @ 17:29 |
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My sat bill is almost $70, and we are thinking of dropping that in favor of an old fashioned roof mount antenna, plus viewing videos on Netflix streaming/dvd and hulu. We only watch maybe 10 different channels on the average. Alacarte would be nice, but the greedy cable/sat company's won't even think of that. If enough people drop them because of pricing, maybe something positive will happen for consumers for a change, wadda ya think?
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12. April 2012 @ 17:40 |
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I cut out television over 10 years ago and telephone service 4 years ago. The only thing I pay for is internet access.
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snardos
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12. April 2012 @ 17:53 |
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How can anyone pay that much for tv? I watch way too much tv and I would never pay that. I am disgusted at how much my bell satellite bill is ($100). I'm splitting that with 5 other people and I'm still probably going to cancel it soon.
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12. April 2012 @ 19:09 |
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Originally posted by kev3:
Originally posted by Mysttic:
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You pay that much..........you seriously need a girlfriend to do things with to occupy your time. When my bill reached $142.00 two years ago i got rid of cable tv, now i only have internet and phone. I wanted to get rid of phone but my home security needs a land-line. Take my advice go get yourself an over the air antenna and subscribe to Netflix or Hulu for your movies they are much cheaper. I see no reason for folk's to be paying more than $100.00 for tv/internet/phone that's my 2 cents.
You are an idiot (why? Cause rather than ask why it got that high, you assume I a single guy with no freaking life; wrong, I married with 2 kids @ age 5 and 2; my 5yo has a speech disorder, and the other is crazy smart. Both require constant attention both indoors and outdoors; while they are indoors they enjoy their kids channels (it's the only thing I ever play on my TV as I don't watch tv, I am a gamer).
Please read when I said at 1 point I paid $300 (why? Cause to get Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network through subscriber, I had to get two HD packages on only 1 box. It was insane how much that costs. Now my kids live with Treehouse and a few other standard channels. Whatever else they need I get off the net) now my bill is cut in half thanks. Like geesh.
However you are smart to go with Netflix and Hulu. I don't think Hulu is in Canada yet, but I know Netflix is. However, they suck up bandwidth like no tomorrow. And I got an 80GB cap, so cable it is.
I am very happy to know you have a family, because it was beyond me why you were paying $300 for tv. As for the internet caps....the cable tv company who provides the internet most times wants to keep you paying for cable tv. So they make sure you cant download any bootleg or stream any content. I think they want to kill off the competition like Netflix and Hulu. My over the air antenna provides me enough content, thus Comcast/Verizon and Cox can't put no cap on me lol.
You do not receive audio in Dolby digital 5.1 using over-the-air broadcast.
Bundle with second from the top level DTV sat programming, 40 gig optical internet connection and unlimited phone land line went from $122.xx to $160.xx in three months.
I called Century link to give them a piece of my mind. They said I qualify for $10.00/six month discount. Oh boy..
DTV charges $5.00 and up for movies when I can rent a Blu-ray disk from Redbox for $1.63 including tax.
It is partly the fault of the content holders and DTV received a 10% bump to transmit their content. DTV passed on to subscribers a 4% increase this year.
Something has got to give with the increase in cost or I will dump CenturyLink and DTV when my contract is up with DTV these last six months of a two year contract I have with them.
Jeff
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12. April 2012 @ 19:27 |
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Originally posted by skeil909:
I cut out television over 10 years ago and telephone service 4 years ago. The only thing I pay for is internet access.
Same here. Kudos to you, sir.
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Mysttic
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12. April 2012 @ 21:43 |
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I am very happy to know you have a family, because it was beyond me why you were paying $300 for tv. As for the internet caps....the cable tv company who provides the internet most times wants to keep you paying for cable tv. So they make sure you cant download any bootleg or stream any content. I think they want to kill off the competition like Netflix and Hulu. My over the air antenna provides me enough content, thus Comcast/Verizon and Cox can't put no cap on me lol.
You are very correct here, and ty. I swear our internet companies are allowed to lower bandwidth caps in hopes to lure people into TV. Most internet providers in Canada supply cable or satellite so this is no surprise. The ISP that don't supply cable, tho have no bandwidth caps and are fairly cheap; sadly I can't get over 2mb/sec on the best of days. Hopefully when I move, I can get something more feasible with a descent connection speed. A buddy of mine went with the same DSL provider that got me 2mb/sec but at his place got 8-12. That would be a lot better.
greedy corporate bastards...
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AIM2Shame
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12. April 2012 @ 22:44 |
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Wow I only pay $49 a month for unlimited net and home phone and stream and download anything I want. If I can't be bothered waiting 2 minutes to download a program I just watch FTA which is barely never anyway.
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Mr_Bill06
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12. April 2012 @ 23:19 |
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I hear you Mysttic, man Canada sucks ass for internet. Bell and Rogers being so greedy trying to make every ISP (that rent's there line's) in our country cap the net. It's funny cause Bell was offering a service like Netflix and guess what, the usage for Bells service was not counted towards your usage. It's just complete crap that all ISP's, cable, and cell phone services in Canada have to be Canadian owned. It leaves no competition and now we have a closed market with 2 giants to control price, usage, and everything else.
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13. April 2012 @ 01:26 |
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I dont know how you people can spend hundreds on cable tv.I live in australia and i only watch free to air tv.dont see the point in paying to watch tv.
as for those of you with children when i was a child we had an old tv (the ones that have the wooden sides and the legs on the bottom) and a 38cm tv for playing games on.we had a vcr and use to go to the video store.we turned out fine without 5 or so kids channels.
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13. April 2012 @ 05:55 |
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Cable TV and net i
s nice for ma bell,and the usual suspects.
Thankfully when I have a film I want to see, I run it in my private screening room on Philips / Norelco 35/70 mm projection equipment. Nothing like a 70mm six channel magnetic audio print.
I tolerate ma bell u-verse for video and net...and they are trying my patience. Full Uverse/ net $ 176.00/month after taxes and creative other charges.
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13. April 2012 @ 05:55 |
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Cable TV and net i
s nice for ma bell,and the usual suspects.
Thankfully when I have a film I want to see, I run it in my private screening room on Philips / Norelco 35/70 mm projection equipment. Nothing like a 70mm six channel magnetic audio print.
I tolerate ma bell u-verse for video and net...and they are trying my patience. Full Uverse/ net $ 176.00/month after taxes and creative other charges.
DP70
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Jeffrey_P
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13. April 2012 @ 08:20 |
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Originally posted by dp70:
Cable TV and net i
s nice for ma bell,and the usual suspects.
Thankfully when I have a film I want to see, I run it in my private screening room on Philips / Norelco 35/70 mm projection equipment. Nothing like a 70mm six channel magnetic audio print.
I tolerate ma bell u-verse for video and net...and they are trying my patience. Full Uverse/ net $ 176.00/month after taxes and creative other charges.
DP70
Nice!
Nothing like viewing a two-four-oh anamorphic movie.
Lately I've been collecting old movies shot in 35/70 on Blu-ray like Le Mans. Six channel audio rocks. Seems the audio has been remastered to 5.1 or 7.1 DTS which I believe is still used by movie theaters to this day.
Jeff
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