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Originally Posted by fredr123
Exactly. Every single response so far in this thread is the exact reason Shaw is not going to offer a la carte programming unless forced to do so by regulators. Shaw would lose a lot of revenue and the shareholders would be displeased with the President.
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I don't think they would have to lose much revenue when all is said and done. I think people are drastically overestimating the amount of money they would save as consumers, even if they cut their total channels in half. There is no way the bill would be cut in half, that's for sure.
Here is another thought that I am not sure about, and maybe someone can clarify how it works. Sure they would lose some revenue, but wouldn't they somehow end up paying less for certain channels if they were not getting subscribers? Do they pay for channels per subscription or is it a fixed amount over a term of a contract? I think the big losers in the whole things would be networks that don't draw enough subscribers to pay the bills, so they risk going under. Also, the people who watch these stations would probably be ticked.