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Old 05-22-2010, 10:34 AM   #169
sclitheroe
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Originally Posted by KTrain View Post
Sorry, I meant "channel surfing". Flipping through the channels just to "see what's on" isn't possible with Apple TV. Not without racking up a huge iTunes bill anyway.
Yeah, Youtube would be a poor substitute for channel surfing...

Media companies need to get together and go metered. All content available on demand, billed at a flat rate by the hour.

Consume 3 hours of CBC? CBC gets 3 hours * $0.15 per hour. Flip on 20 minutes of a Fox network show? Fox gets 0.3 * $0.15.

I think this model would work well. In fact, I think you could probably set the cost per hour up around $0.30. Based on a month of viewing 12 hours a day, that would bring the bill up to $108, which is comparable or right in the target zone of a premium cable/satellite package.
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