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Originally Posted by buckeyesin07
If the BTN were to be put on basic cable, then how would people who don't want it "go find something else?" I still haven't heard a good response to why the BTN shouldn't be put on an additional sports tier package and fend for itself. If the best argument you can think of is, "The cable companies make us pay for the Home Shopping Network, which we don't want, so I don't think the cable companies should be able to only put the BTN on a premium sports tier," then you haven't come up with much. And that's pretty much all I see around here.
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Ok fair enough but how is a Sports tier fair for the people that do want it? Let's assume worst case for TW and BTN wants a $1 per subscriber.
TW puts it on a sports tier so now poeple who do not have digital cable have to pay what 20-30 more a month to see the BTN? On top of that they will be charged from 5-7 a month for the sports tier. So the BTN which would cost TW $1 a month is making at least 4-6 a month off of people who have to now by the sports tier and an additional 20-30 a month off of people who don't have digital cable.
So somebody who wants the BTN could end up paying as much as $40 a month for 1 program that TW is paying $1 a month for.
Oh let's not forget if somebody lives outside of the Big 10 footprint they may be paying $40 more a month for what TW is paying $.10 for.
Youer right that sounds complety fair to me. TW is really looking out for their customers. In the meantime every TW customer is paying for a ton of stations they don't want.
We could get into Comcast as well who owns similar sports channels for smaller conferences and guess where they are? You guessed it Expanded basic.
BTW my numbers are a complete guess but I am pretty sure I am close if not too low.