From: ray.o.sunshine@gmail.com (Ray Of Sunshine)
Subject: Cablevision + Vonnegut
Received on Tue Mar 9 09:22:45 2010.
What it comes down to is this. If every station/group tries to blackmail the
cable companies and they fold, it is a fixed number of dollars per
subscriber per station. Say 1 dollar a month per person (not 7 as fox
demanded and got from time warner). For only 100 of the 200 plus that come
in, that's 100 per month per subscriber (subscriber=you.) Who will pay for
that? It will either mean many fewer channels, pick and choose of only a
relatively few, or drastically increased monthly rates. GFY, stations. You
can't make your ad dollars if you're not being carried on cable.
Cat's Cradle, great choice for an island read. And some Grateful Dead music
in the background would round it off. You'll understand why by checking any
Dead album after you've read it.