Intel Is Reportedly Going To Destroy The Cable Model By Offering People The Ability To Subscribe To

[CoolKingKaso]

[QUOTE=SCopE5000;39060190]By the sounds of things it'll be based on user demand.

So if like 1,000,000 people are subscribed to ESPN it'll cost $10 or whatever

If 5,000,000+.. price could drop to $5 as they'd be able to get more ad revenue.

I'd love to see an 'ads disabled' subscription for an additional $9/month or something.[/QUOTE]

Ouch, that would be more expensive than regular TV then. Imagine owning 16 channels for $80 a month. I think that DVR needs to become cheaper, it weeds out the TV shows that I am not interested in.

[theevilldeadII]

if it cost $5 for a Normal channel would it cost something like $10 for HBO . ?

[GeneralSpecific]

Because this has not actually been officially announced, nobody knows how much each channel is going to cost if this is even real.

[wickedplayer494]

[QUOTE=rider695;39060113]Wasn't intel rumoured to also start shipping their CPU with a mobo only? I'm not going to start caring until there is an official announcement.[/QUOTE]

Intel knows they'd be shooting themselves in the foot if they did that. I think they said that change was going to be only for OEMs.

[blacksam]

Now all I need is Google Fiber to come to my town and I can flip the bird to time warner for being so costly.

[Viva_]

If i could subscribe to like History, Discovery, Cooking, Food Network, Travel Channel, Cartoon Network and maybe HBO i'd be set and not need anything else.
I sincerely hope they are doing this.

[A_Pigeon]

Shit though. Storage wars and storage kings are on different channels :/

[Big D Duchovny]

[QUOTE=Panda X;39061651]What would they fill ad space with? Since shows are 22 - 42 minutes, it'd be hard to keep up with when not aligned to the hour.[/QUOTE]

There's no ads on danish national TV, it works out pretty well. And who cares if they're aligned anyway, I'd rather have some odd numbers than ads.

[Funky Mummy]

I'm perfectly happy with Netflix + VPN that allows me to view the contents of Netflix in the US and I can also access hulu and everything from Sweden. My TV has a netflix app so I rarely watch regular tv anymore.

[Elfy]

I feel sorry for Americans. Our ads are literally just a few ads every 1/4 of an hour or so, each set about 2 mins long where we can get drinks and talk with the family. We usually just pause it and then skip to the end of the ads.