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What Major Change to Cable TV Could Be on the Horizon?

Mar. 18, 2013 2:10pm Liz Klimas

On TheBlaze radio Monday morning, Glenn Beck asked his listeners to continue petitioning their cable providers to get TheBlaze TV. He said it seems cable providers are not listening to some of their customers by, say, providing Al Jazeera and not content like that hosted by TheBlaze TV.

Verizon Looking Into System That Pays Programmers for Number of Viewers Not Ratings At the same time, Verizon has announced its hopes for a demand-based system that would entice smaller channels and outlets by paying them per view.

As Verizon’s Chief Programming Negotiator Terry Denson put to in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the company is paying for “a customer who never goes to the channel.”

Denson said Verizon’s FiOS TV would like to open the door to a “significant number of channels” but the deal would be they only get paid per “unique view” per month or when a viewer watched programming for more than five minutes.

“If you are willing to give a channel five minutes of your time, the cash register would ring in favor of the programmer,” Denson told WSJ.

This is not quite the a la carte cable plans we’ve reported on in the past. Subscription fees for the cable service paid by the customer would stay the same, but Denson said it might “stabilize retail prices for consumers.” It could also begin to start weeding out channels that perhaps have low viewership in favor of those that are actually watched.

As for how this would impact some of the larger channels, WSJ reported it might help some while hurting others:

Many channels owned by big media companies are available in nearly all the roughly 100 million households with pay TV, according to media researcher SNL Kagan. And while many of the most-popular channels earn the highest fees, big disparities exist, particularly for sports channels, which cable and satellite operators view as particularly valuable.

Here’s how companies getting paid per view instead of ratings might look. (Image: Wall Street Journal)

WSJ reported a cable-network executive saying that similar ideas have not been taken up before because the distributor often says they will cap the amount they’ll pay for channels with high viewership.

What could a system like the one Verizon is proposing mean for fans of TheBlaze TV then, where founder Glenn Beck has been urging viewers to tell cable provider that they want TheBlaze? In theory, such a system where independent channels are brought on board by a cable provider but only get paid for the views they garner could open the door for channels like TheBlaze. Or at minimum show a receptivity to the idea of getting new content.

As for the Get TheBlaze campaign, GlennBeck.com recently asked “are they listening?” referring to the reaction of some of the top cable providers. President of Business Development Lynne Costantini pulled together some responses from cable providers to such requests that have been made:

DIRECTV:

“….we are always in discussions with programmers about which channels to add to the DIRECTV lineup, but have no plans to add The Blaze Network at this time. Thank you.”

“We’ve gotten a bunch of letters…. , but we don’t see that there’s much demand.”

Time Warner Cable:

“Thanks for your input. As you probably know, we’re constantly evaluating new networks for carriage on our lineup. You should know that Blaze TV already makes its programming available to interested customers, for a fee, online.”

“We’ve gotten a bunch of calls and some letters, but not enough interest to make a difference.”

Verizon, the post pointed out, has said it is tracking requests for TheBlaze and has a form survey for interested parties.

“They need to understand that you’re not okay being forced to pay for channels like MSNBC, CNN or Al Jazeera America and that you want TheBlaze on cable and satellite television because this is a network that represents your values,” Costantini wrote in response to what most of the cable providers have said to requests made so far.

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woodenputter
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:45pm
Here’s how to change cable tv, try putting on some good shows, not the Krudations and House of Bum f… anywhere, and lower the monthly payments, it is outrageous what they charge for the dribble you receive.

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- From Virginia
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 6:32pm
  I got rid of cable 6 months ago. Haven’t missed it once. I got a 6 DVD disk player and just think what kind of lineup I want for the evening. Done!
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 7:05pm
  I quit Direct TV when my bill was $80 and all there was on was crap.
  I remember the PROMISE of cable: “Multiple channels of high quality, commercial free TV.”
  Now, it’s loaded with commercials and the programs are all reality shows.
  ESPN makes a fortune even if no one watches. They get (I think) $1 per subscriber/channel.
  So, you have 5 ESPN’s? They get $5 per month from you even if you never turn them on.
  Add to that the commercials and they are floating in cash.
  No network will be able to outbid them if they want rights.
  I found I didn’t miss cable all that much. I read more, and if I want to see something, I have rabbit ears.
  
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- Hoozdaman
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 7:17pm
  Until you can have a a la cart program package you can buy , they will continue to drain your wallets. I imagine most people watch only a small percentage of the channels. Cable, dish and direct need that kind of competition and maybe that could be delivered by internet.
  
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- pauli101
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:25am
  gullible white fools watch hours and hours of TV, get brainwashed, their kids get brainwashed, and then gullible white fools wonder why liberalism keeps winning and winning.
  
  Why the conservatives keep losing their values, their communities, their country.
  
  gullible white fools. keep watching TV.
- zorro
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:25am
  ^^^^^^^The reason why the left has a field day ridiculing Conservatives^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  
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- D-Fence
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:54am
  Here’s the real pisser. I too no longer purchase cable TV but stream shows I want from Netflix and GBTV. I only have the internet service from Brighthouse. 2 years ago I moved and I got the introductory rate of $29.99. Then it changed to the standfard rate of $34.99. 1 year later it was $39.99, then $42.99, now I pay $52.00 for interenet connectivity since they changed to 3 levels of internet service. I’m so tired of them bending me over. Remember when TV was free since it was paid for by advertisers fees? Please pass the KY.
  
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- Xyskalla
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:55pm
  I like Verizon’s idea. The cable channels will be forced to provide good programming if they want to be paid. If they continue to provide lame garbage that nobody watches, they lose money. The cable companies will provide more channels but probably pay less per channel, the customers get better programming, everybody wins except the companies that produce crappy TV shows who deserve to go out of business anyway.
  
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- pragmaticpatriot
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 2:48pm
  Cable providers have no control of content, only channel packages offered by networks. This pay- per- view solution may be the best remedy for the vile programming.
  
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- Obama_In_PeePee_By_Zee_Arteeeest_Beck
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:47pm
  “What Major Change to Cable TV Could Be on the Horizon?”
  
  It’s not about “cable TV”. It’s about “monkey”. It’s about who-is-going-to-make-who the monkey.
  
  We want SOMEONE to save America. And NO ONE is doing it! There is no HERO … except you! YOU must be that someone to do the saving:
  
  “America’s DESTRUCTION By TRAITORS In GOVERNMENT! YOU Must Be The Hero!! Glenn Beck’s Plan Of Action”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgYN4lDNQY
  
  “Washington’s DELIBERATE ECONOMIC EARTHQUAKE Exposed By Glenn Beck :: Then ReBOOT USA To Communism!”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y03b4kHais
  
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- Obama_In_PeePee_By_Zee_Arteeeest_Beck
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:58pm
  Secret Squirrel – “ESPN makes a fortune even if no one watches. They get (I think) $1 per subscriber/channel. So, you have 5 ESPN’s? They get $5 per month from you even if you never turn them on. Add to that the commercials and they are floating in cash.”
  
  It’s worse than that!
  Look around the channels and you’ll see back-to-back line-ups of Liberal, anti-family, trash programming from years ago. Can anyone say “crony capitalism”? Hollywood is paying back itself with forced, dead programming to finance more “crap TV” or as direct funding to their behind-the-scenes nefarious financing.
  
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:44pm
I think people should do what Dr. Ben Carson’s mother believed…stop being programmed and think for yourself. The high cost of cable and satellite is due to the high cost of carrying sports channels. Those players are paid more than you, yet you contribute by watching that crapola. and paying for propaganda commercials..while life passes you by. Americans are addicted to being spoon fed how to live, what to think, what to wear, how to act…..NOW WE ARE ALL CLONES and pre-programmed drones…..EVER WONDER WHY? Shut the thing off and do something bigger than yourself. Stop feeding the beast……PLEASE.

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- booger71
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:59pm
  Actually sports, Blaze TV, and old movies is all I usually watch.
  
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- neverending
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:49pm
  You are exactly right and my family did that a long time ago. Can’t turn it on without seeing or hearing violence or just plain filth and we refuse to throw our money away.
  
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- robbiehawk
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:27pm
  My cable bill arrived today and it is now going to charge an extra $2.98 for “the continually rising sports programming costs”.
  
  I wish we could get all our channels a la carte. I don’t watch sports.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:38pm
I’m surprised this story is attracting the trolls. LOL

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- I am 'We the People
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:28pm
  I’m not surprised Mr. Monk,
  
  Any story that highlights or threatens something of the left’s propaganda machine is always going to garner the trolls interest. :)
  
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Godfather.1
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:36pm
I thought TheBlaze was a news site. Evidently, it is a one-stop, all you want his holiness GLENN BECK promotional site.

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- gwinf
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:43pm
  Dip!
  
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- 762x51
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:31pm
  Since Beck owns it, he can make it anything he wants it to be. No one is forcing you to be here, in fact we would appreciate it if you would leave.
  
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- Cemoto78
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 10:33pm
  And it’s the greatest thing since the napkin. Stick around you might learn something.
  
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- zorro
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:28am
  To be fair to the site, I’ve seen them talk about MSNBC shows way more than they do BlazeTV. I don’t like that they’re giving MSNBC half their poor ratings but I’m glad they watch so I don’t have to.
  
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- MAX0O1
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 9:14pm
  IF YOU HAD A BRAIN OR EVEN LISTENED and or watch THE BLAZE, YOU would know it IT
  is the O-N-L-Y PLACE you ever get the TRUTH.
  
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SteelJewel
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:22pm
Forgot the link http://www.roku.com/channels/#!details/8173/theblaze-tv

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SteelJewel
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:21pm
This is why I only watch TV on Roku, I get to watch what I pay for not what they want me to watch and again this is why I watch theBlaze TV among other channels (hunting, fishing, the Bible), you get the idea

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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:01pm
  WOULD YOU or COULD you put into a step by step format just how ROKU works…let’s say I have
  4 TVS…2 on cable and two on Cable DVR. I want to drop CABLE…I get ROKU…and then?????
  I can’t walk and chew gum so go easy …. I would love to dump the huge cable bill…I don’t watch 99% of it! THANKS!!!! I’m sure there are many of us who would love to know this. My first question…if you don’t have CABLE how to you get the Air waves or whatever to come to ROKU. See where I am on this??? :))
  
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- booger71
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:03pm
  I tried Roku first, but my high spped (DSL) is not fast enough to get Glen without the nauseating pauses. It did not do this with NetFlix just the Blaze. Luckily I have Dishnetwork
  
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- sta
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:12pm
  Patty, you will need a Roku for every tv. You don’t need the top of the line, just a Roku. The lowest price is 49.99 but we bought just one to see if we liked it. Now we have two and no cable.
  You also need wireless router connected to your computer and internet access. Basically, you plug the Roku in to the wall and then into your tv. The Roku does the rest.
  Once you’re in, the screen will show “The Channel Store”. Use the remote to click on it, then choose the channels you might like. Tons are free. Some are pay, like The Blaze.
  There are some channels, like “Dailymotion” that you can find on your computer, sign up (free), choose videos you like (we watch Japanese tv), then when you go to it on your Roku and link them together (it tells you how), then you see the videos on your tv.
  We would never go back to cable.
  
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- UpstateNY56
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:23pm
  As a person that made a decision years ago to not have a monthly TV bill the Roku as been one of the best purchases we have ever made. Was purchased for the sole purpose of getting access to the Blaze TV, but what we got was incredible! Little history. With our antenna we get 17 Hi-def digital channels for free. Down side, They are all the networks or off chutes of. Bought the middle of the road Roku as a test, It hooks to you tv via I think it is called a HDMI cord so you have the ability to get Hi-def. Ours is hooked to a 46″ flat screen. You must have internet and I think it has to be wi-fy but not sure we have our go through our surround sound system and WOW is it clear and some shows have 5.1 surround for the “theater” effect. Glenn sounds good! I would enjoy telling a bunch of hi tech bs, about how you hook it up but believe me it is buy far the simplest thing in the world to hook up and activate. The directions will walk you threw it and the are the best written directions I have ever followed,and with 8 grandchildren I have read a lot of bad directions! We have dsl and we are able to watch internet TV on three TV’s. Yes Roku worked so well we put on one other TV in our bedroom and watch netflix on a Wii in another room. There are a lot of pay stuff but a heck of a lot more free stuff and you set it up so that you really have to try to pay for something. Bottom line! Internet have to have so don’t count that cost. Netflix 7.99 Blaze TV 9.99. 500 channels free!
  
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- Toltepeceno
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:15am
  Roku is definitely the way to go.
  
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- zorro
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:35am
  Another endorsement of the Roku box right here.
  
  If you have a network connection by your TV, then you can just buy the cheapest box. But if you only have wireless, then you need the one with the wireless. Personally, I’d go with the high end one at only $100. With the high end, you also get a USB port. The best part of the Roku is not all the free TV out there or the fact you can watch Netflix (for only $8 a month) on it, for me the best part is that you can use PLEX to stream from your computer. I’ve recorded all my movies and have them on a computer so when I want to watch something, I can just stream it to my TV. Roku is pretty great.
  
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- zorro
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 7:40am
  Patty…I just re-read your post and I’m not sure we’ve answered you.
  
  Roku gets it’s media over the Internet. If you have a high speed connection, you likely have a router. This is the equipment your computer plugs into. The cable drop will run from your router to the Roku box and the Roku box plugs in to your TV via an HDMI cable. If you don’t have an HDMI connection on your TV, you can buy an adapter on the Roku site which will allow you to use component cables.
  
  Once you install the Roku box and turn to it on your TV, you will see apps similar to what you have on a smart-phone. You can install apps or delete them. You can also set up your Roku over the internet and install apps, like PLEX that I mentioned above, that you can’t find in the Roku store. It’s a plug and play box and there is a ton of information on message boards that will help you set it up.
  
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- trinity76
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:31am
  We love our Rokus. In fact, if BBC America pushed out current episodes of Doctor Who to Hulu Plus, I’d be inclined to dump cable and just keep high speed internet. That’s about the only show we watch consistently that is not available through Hulu or other Roku channels.
  
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marybethelizabeth
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:18pm
Listening to Mr. Beck today, it sounds like he just got the bill for the 1st month of his publicity stunt.

30,000 people spent an average of a half hour on hold. Is that good.?

Mr. Beck says he knows his audience. Does he? He only had to start paying attention to that recently starting from when he lost 30% of his audience and was fired by Fox.

The cable companies know the business better that Mr. Beck, who makes statements like ” If you don’t have the truth available to you then you don’t have the truth available to you.”

Brilliant.

Altogether one of the craziest shows ever today, Mr. Beck sounds desperate.

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- michael48
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:36pm
  you’re on the wrong channel …messnbc is in the basement , right next to indoctrination pre-school…
  
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- wopalope
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:45pm
  marybethelizabeth, If you think so little of Beck, why in the name GOD are you here???????
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:52pm
  ***
  
  BarryMeth can’t get any true news on MSLSD. Or ABC< NBC< CBS< CNN< REUTERS<ALGOREJAZERRA<
  
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- NoObamanomics
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:40pm
  The reason MARYBETHELIZABETH is here? Shoot, that’s easy!!! Media Matters (or is it Tides foundation, could be Joyce foundation..Which is it MARY..) They pay people like this too troll these sites…MARY…. is just another LIBERAL (outta work TROLL) that gets compensated for putting other people down. You know, the ‘tolerant’ side of the political spectrum that goes BAT **** CRAZY when you disagree with them. HEY, MARY…thank your mother for letting you live in the basement for free…it’s very nice of her to let you sponge off of her.
  
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- Jake Dog2
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 11:44pm
  Maybeth is just another paid trool.
  
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- Toltepeceno
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:18am
  “marybethelizabeth, If you think so little of Beck, why in the name GOD are you here???????”
  
  Simple she’s a nutcase from the DUmbazz forum.
  
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- MAX0O1
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 9:22pm
  YOU ARE SO stupid and desperate. GLENN MUST SCARE THE H-E-L-L OUT OF YOU!
  
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Gildersleeve
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:14pm
80% reduction in commercials would be nice.

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- Nowarningshot
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:24pm
  One of my pet peeves. Cable TV was advertised at it’s inception to be commercial free because you were paying a subscription fee to avoid them. Now what happens? We pay for the subscription AND have to endure the commercials!
  
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Nowarningshot
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:12pm
The Blaze/Mercury should start their own TV service provider! Talk about a coup! If you could offer a-la-cart service, subscribers would flock to your service forcing the competition to either go under or offer comparable service. This would also force low rated channels that are available ONLY because they are packaged with popular channels, to go under, and deservedly so.

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- Brettfan
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 6:21pm
  I do want the left to die out. I agree. I don’t like the MSM myself. On that I agree and if it helps lower the bill then the better. I hope we can find a solution because the internet is ripe for offering cable online if it replaces the cable system. So you don’t pay double and offers similar quality instead of the cable access channel nobody wants.. So far it has road blocks.
  
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- Batkins
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 10:01pm
  Look up ivi.tv and you will see what happens to little guys who try to go up against the cable establishment!
  
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normalmom
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:11pm
The one thing I dislike about most any cable companies is how many channels in spanish and every other language. I haven’t gone and counted how many just spanish channels but it almost seems like more than english. I used to get hbo and they have one of their hd movie channels in spanish.

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GoodStuff
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:08pm
Cancel your cable. Go streaming and never go back!

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- sta
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:16pm
  Exactly! We would never go back to cable. For half the money and a Roku, we see all we want.
  With a bit of savy, one can find any program streaming on the internet anyway.
  
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- gauge
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:34pm
  I agree…….. Dumped cable and satellite 2 years ago, and not missed seeing anything I choose to on my schedule….. Now I’ve gotta go watch Walking Dead…..
  
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thebigquad
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:08pm
I am giving Direct TV until May to add the Blaze or I will be switching to Dish Network, as well as my mother, my sister, and my brother. My husband called Direct TV and said “my wife wants the Blaze”. The guy on the phone asked if that was a cooking channel. Low information voter, indeed.

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- Godfather.1
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:32pm
  You hit the nail on the head with that one. One way to tell if someone is a low information voter is whether or not he knows about his holiness GLENN BECK’s internet TV channel.
  
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- gwinf
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:47pm
  One way to tell is someone is a dippy liberal troll is if they have a .1 version on their avatar name.
  
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- kyuss
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:02pm
  Add your comments
  
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RayOne
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:58pm
I smell a federal BailOut from the cable box, it could be a fire, but I don’t think so.
http://rt.com/business/cyprus-bailout-bank-tax-deposits-401/
We should look forward to years 7 and 8 of his reign. We have seen nothing yet and by the time we feel it, he will be in his estate for life on the Hawaii beach.

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- pragmaticpatriot
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:04pm
  Bush already bailed out cable. Remember when tv broadcasters went all digital? When a cable provider goes all digital in their plant they will have 70 odd empty analog channels they can ‘recapture’ with up to 700 all digital channels- digital compression gets 8- 10 digital channels per 1 analog channel space. most are using a lot of that for extra bandwidth for downstream Internet because they see that streaming is the future.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:55pm
I don’t have time or money to waste on BS programming. Every time I’ve gotten suckered into going back to cable or satellite, I have been majorly disappointed. On top of having to pay for the channels, on quite a few you have to pay again by having to watch commercials.

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- neverending
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:51pm
  The amount of commercials is outrageous.
  
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aleena
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:54pm
My family just got rid of the our cable subscription, and we are not looking back.

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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:03pm
  We downsized. We can only downsize one more time before dropping it altogether.
  
  Cable companies better play their cards right. They can be on the curb very fast.
  
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paco51
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:50pm
My family right now are talking about droping Direct TV and going with the Ruko system. My daughter droped her cable and she saved $86.00 per mo. WE would save over $100.00 per month, WOW!!!

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- naughtycal
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:53pm
  What is needed is an al carte system. That way people can send a clear message to the leftist propaganda networks by not subscribing.
  
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- TORCH9
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:58pm
  That’s the best choice! Who needs all the extra BS?!!
  
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- Watchingtheweasels
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:05pm
  We cut the cord and went all ROKU + an HDTV antenna for broadcast sports. Don’t regret it for a minute. Spending $1000 or more a year on cable or satellite TV is ridiculous.
  
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- ComeTakeIt
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 2:28pm
  i had a $60/mo deal with Comcast. Highest internet and middle of the road TV service. Over 2 years that creeped to $140/mo. with me calling and threatening to quit periodically, or dropping channels, to try to cheapen it. Last time I was going to drop them altogether and got them down to $70/mo total. I think if i drop cable and only keep their internet ($20/mo) and add this roku , +GBtv and Netflix (again) I would be just as happy and only paying <$40/mo (including the cost of internet, which we would end up paying for either way)…. May have to make the jump.
  
  What do you guys do for live events though? like football games?
  
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Triple7
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:49pm
If my memory is correct, Beck said his internet channel was the future. Now he’s begging for cable companies to pick up his network?

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- GoodStuff
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:06pm
  Beck is confused. If the Internet is the future, why ARE you going to the cable/sat companies and begging them? Beck doesn’t get it.
  
  Beck just wants more money, he’s not interesting in leading the charge to end the corrupt system of cable bundling.
  
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- Outlaw
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:22pm
  Ever tried to watch Beck on the internet with the lousy connection I have??? My iPhone works better with 4G!!! I have Dish and if I did not I would switch IMMEDIATELY!!! Plus I can DVR every show and watch it later and skip commercials. Best NEWS on ANY channel!!!
  
  I have an expensive subscription because I support aged parents whose entertainment is mostly TV – otherwise I would cut way back and pay the $5 for TheBlaze.
  
  Beck is not pocketing the money he is expanding his base of operations and entering areas of entertainment and News that need to be assaulted with conservatism…we watch very little of the other channels – I don’t even watch FOX anymore.
  
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- jcldwl
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:40pm
  True on that. I think Glenn lost touch with his audience and it downsized considerably. At least I know he lost touch with me. Seeing how he is trying to gin up support to get on cable I am beginning to think I am correct. He served a good purpose for my family for a while but not much he can give us now that is worth paying for. Things are tight and extras go. No more cable or Blaze TV subscription here. Good luck to him but I don’t think he is gonna see his theme park.
  
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- kf4omc
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 8:51pm
  I guess you dont watch or listen to Glenn much. Right after Obama won reelection Glenn said that he was going to speed up his (I think) 3 or 5 year plan and do it in a years time. He is trying to get 3 to 5 years of growth in 1 years time and all he is doing is asking us to help if we want news and programing that is of our values.
  
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noslave
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:39pm
like choices for sports channels,etc. you should be able to pick what you like to watch for the $100+you pay for cable per month,not being forced to watch grocerey store 10 for a dollar out dated/old movies that they play over and over again for several weeks,if you conservative you watch fox etc,and msnbc,obama media is left to die, for air heads only,you wont be carrying their worthless comunist azzs

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sgood360
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:35pm
Maybe we should have a boycot of directv.

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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:32pm
What an insult from Time Warner? We don’t need your money, you, you, you, Americans? You mean Time Warner can not stand having a monopoly on the sponsors of Glenn Beck, so they can’t tell Glenn Beck what is politically correct to say, and what is not? Oh, we don’t have to say that, we can just say, well Glenn Beck is on the internet, we don’t need him? No, but we can force you to pay for 13 Spanish and 5 Chinese stations?

Occasionally I watch a movie, but I dumped cable, oh, and thank you for the high definition TV Congress, at least before, you would get a fuzzy picture but watch your show? Now if you get a bad signal, you are not sure if your tv is going to start playing a video game with all the wierd blocks appearing and disappearing?

When will Americans learn?

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Soularcher
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:30pm
As soon as CNN and MSNBC are near death, the Dems will attempt to apply the fairness doctrine… This will not sit well with liberal media who can no longer force their beliefs down our throat because we have no recourse. Oh the humanity!!!

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:29pm
So how will Obama and the Democrats handle the threat imposed to their communist order?

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- kapnkd
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:52pm
  More Obozocommie “Executive Orders” telling us what and who to watch/listen to. (Makes as much sense as what he has demanded by his orders so far.)
  
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- marybethelizabeth
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:12pm
  You are misreading the market conditions.
  
  The president received more donations to his campaign from the telecommunications industry then any other industry..
  
  That’s why he never came out against net neutrality, a position that he and Mr. Beck share.
  
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love the kids
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:24pm
You will watch what we want you to watch and like it!!!

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california_red
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:19pm
a la carte is where this is all heading. I am sick of subsidizing crap channels just to get one or two that I want to view. Notice this deal is only on the back end and does not affect the consumer that has to still subscribe to super, digital, permium, expanded,take your money every month, gold package. If the cable companies and networks do not adapt, soon, many will dump all television on their cable service and use them strictly for internet. In the modern age, businesses that are stubborn and refuse to adapt, lose. Consumer choice is good. The politicians need to know this because they are protecting the CATV industry with their refusal to allow a la carte. I have no patience for outmoded business models and the politicians who protect them.

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Dushman Kush
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:15pm
DirectTV carries LinkTV, the Communist Channel. I’m sticking with them.

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- DR.SIGMUND-P-FLOYD
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:21pm
  Dushman
  
  Here I am.
  I know you want my help.
  
  Lets talk.
  
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- Clownzilla
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:29pm
  So your getting your Communist TV station by paying a company that takes money from consumers that voluntarily gives up their money in exchange for a luxury entertainment product that not everybody can afford? Yes Dushman………..your Communist ways are strong…………
  
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- DR.SIGMUND-P-FLOYD
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:33pm
  Dushman
  
  Look into my eye. I am watching you comrade
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:59pm
  DirectTV
  Carries FSTV, MSNBC & Current TV. What is the difference?
  
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- dontbelieveme
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:14pm
  People, Dushman is just kidding…no one is stupid enough to watch communist tv…it’s all Democrats and not funny. Besides, you can see Obama on so many other channels.
  
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- Ohio Guy
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 6:28pm
  Dushman
  I speak fluent Sarcasm and believe you are using the front of being a Commie to show how obsurd Communism is. Well done!
  
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- MAX0O1
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 9:26pm
  POOR stupid BABY
  
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