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Don't forget that, as a non-sports-watcher, you get to pay a fee to subsidize all the sports channels you don't watch. It's not even the cost of the channels, p
by RHSeeger 11y ago
Don't forget that, as a non-sports-watcher, you get to pay a fee to subsidize all the sports channels you don't watch. It's not even the cost of the channels, per se... you get the extra "regional sports surcharge" on top of that.
- clentaminator 11y agoI never knew about that, so thanks. This is a significant argument against the traditional cable model, at least for me. Are there other genres (for want of a better term) where this applies?
- MagicWishMonkey 11y agoIt's around $6/month per subscriber - http://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/how-much-cable-subscribers-pay-per-channel-1626/ http://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/how-much-cable-subscribers-pay-...
- icefox 11y agoAt least Verizon FIOS in the Boston area lets you opt-out of all sports channels so you are not charged this fee.
- mattmanser 11y agoI imagine you're probably still subsidising the sports watchers though. All of these companies use sports as a major buying motivator, like in the UK Sky basically went mad on buying every sport they could. I would assume the extra subscription alone doesn't cover the high licensing prices they pay, so they spread out the cost to all the other consumers too but just charge a bit extra to the sports fans.
- RHSeeger 11y agoOddly enough, I recently moved to the Boston area (from NY) and I did not know this. I'll need to look into it. Nobody in my family has any interest in watching sports at all.