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[QUOTE="CuseOnly, post: 1216615, member: 2804"]
I agree that marginal channels will go away completely and the individuals or media companies that own them will lose a ton of money.

Why do carriage fees automatically have to go up just because channels get unbundled?  If ESPN charges TWC $6 for carriage fees, why does this automatically have to become $40 for someone who only wants that channel?  Where is that assumption coming from?  If ESPN is making money selling carriage fees to TWC at $6 why do they have to charge the consumer with a direct channel 4x more?  I for one am a sports addict and I would never pay $30 for just ESPN, I think the market will eventually set the value of what each channel will bear as far as a consumer charge.

TWC and cable companies won't be able to prop up the garbage channels by charging the consumer more because ESPN is a premium channel.  They would have to resort to charging us over what the carriage fees are or I will just go directly to ESPN on the internet and watch it without them.
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