a la carte programming assumed you would still access TV channels via one TV, using the same interface as before for all channels, ie. your remote. Click once a

a la carte programming assumed you would still access TV channels via one TV, using the same interface as before for all channels, ie. your remote. Click once and you're at a different channel. Having to deal with several different content delivery services, each with their own sign-in, is much more complicated than that.