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Originally Posted by Bill14564
- 1. Legitimate rebroadcast services are only allowed to provide the local channels in your viewing area (I can get Orlando channels but not Baltimore channels)
- 2. Network owners (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, etc) are allowed to charge for rebroadcast of their content. This is why occasionally a channel will not be available on cable until the cable provider and the network agree on fees
- 3. Hulu Live and YouTube TV are in competition with one another yet both feel they need to charge about $75/month for local channels
- 4. Netflix, Max, and Showtime all need to charge $10-$20 per month to cover their costs for providing movie content
- 5. The NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and others all charge a significant amount for rebroadcast of their content
- 6. If all the above is accurate then I should only be able to get one set of local channels which alone should cost about $75/month and any licensed content such as movies should come with additional costs with sports being very expensive
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- 7. all that is because most providers aren't as intelligent as the Apollo Group who can provide all of the above and more for only $100/year.
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Thanks for your reply,
With cable I feel like I am paying for a lot of content that I don't use or want. I don't watch a lot of TV. With apollo I was able to dial in what I wanted. While in TV this winter I was able to check on the local reporting of nasty weather back at my home in NY as well as the local take (as opposed to national new reports) on issues that may be affecting my son in California. My only complaint was that there were sometimes buffering issues. But I wasn't sure if that was a problem with Apollo or with the local ISP. And while we don't watch most of the recent movies, we were able to watch Oppenheimer in the comfort of the living room. I may give it try before cutting the cable. Interestingly they want you to pay with cryptocurrency. Which I can do through paypal. But it's different. While I get your comment about conscience, I don't think there is a lot of conscience in the cable companies. Competition is fundamental to our very successful capitalistic society. Others may change in the face of it.