Many of our constituents have one option for cable TV and one price. Our constituents desire choice.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Cable is a niche business. If you can own a niche, that can be a very strong business.
Isn't it only appropriate that, in return for the free use of the public spectrum, broadcasters provide something substantial, something that wouldn't otherwise be provided by marketplace competition?
Consumers deserve the opportunity to watch their program of choice.
What TV is extremely good at - and realize that this is 'all it does' - is discerning what large numbers of people think they want, and supplying it.
If policymakers are serious about avoiding a society of TV 'haves and have-nots,' they should refrain from policies that favor pay-TV operators over the providers of our nation's only free and local communications system: over-the-air broadcasting.
Americans hate their cable companies - for bumbling installers, on-again-off-again transmissions, peculiar channel selections, and indifferent customer service. The only thing cable subscribers hate more than the cable company is not being able to get what it delivers: multichannel selection and good reception.
Parents should be allowed to choose which cable or satellite channels - sources of the most extreme content - come into their homes.
Customer freedom! Don't dictate how I want to watch my TV!
I think we are living in a time where the consumer has lots of choices, whether it's coffee, newspapers or whatever it is. And there is parity in the market place, and as a result of that, the consumer is beginning to make decisions, not just on what things cost and the convenience of it.
The cable model is just a better model. Dual revenue stream: advertising-supported and subscription-supported revenues.
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