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[QUOTE="upperdeck, post: 1164155, member: 474"]
the marginal channels will go away completely..  right now  if you say espn charges $6 for carriage fees well that has to go up.  you think 50% of the houses will want espn?   its probably way less than that and the same for all the other stations.    I know people say they only need 3-4 channels, but is that true?  do you never watch live TV, no local shows, no local news,

You like "the walking dead" you paying $10 for AMC a month,  17 million watched it so that means way less than in households , so say 5-10 million, right now they get 75 million a month from cable fees they need to get 7.5 million to break even.  they might do it. but when the popular show goes away they start to hurt for money.

if you pay $100 a month for cable  that means you dont watch more 10-15 channels , you don't watch  whatever is the hot show because you never see it, you cant even check it out with this model.

i would say most people i know have 2-4 people living at home and watch 10-20 shows on a regular basis crossing 5-10 channels, but that doesnt mean i dont look around and find stuff all the time. you dont do that on netflix.  its just like you dont browse ESPN on the web and see 20% of the content, you browse a newspaper and you see it all , you buy books on amazon you never see stuff you would if you went to a book store.   you watch SU football you would never know teams score from inside the 20 if you didnt watch ESPNU..

if you really want to watch stuff years after the rest of the world netflix is great, but its not all on there and you will miss out on a ton of stuff.
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