The numbers are staggering, they pay for potential viewers too, not actual ones. Viacom pushes to have "basic cable" include their networks so they end up in

The numbers are staggering, they pay for potential viewers too, not actual ones. Viacom pushes to have "basic cable" include their networks so they end up in more homes and then charge per home. Regardless of if they are even watched. We are ready for ala carte channel pricing or maybe metered pricing, thing is they know that 80% or more of their content is crap. Channel volume has been their big selling point. The true irony here is this is Viacom, dozens of crap networks all buoyed by literally, maybe, three shows... I haven't paid much attention for a while but dish and dtv also nickle and dime for locals, hd vs sd, the number of TVs etc. all while broadcasting maybe a dozen home shopping networks and who knows how many that have more than 8 hours of paid programming a day.