Mel got his way and the DOJ has approved the merger.
Want to guess how long until those monthly fees for XM reach $20? $30? $50?
Want to guess how long until those monthly fees for XM reach $20? $30? $50?
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Remember when cable was $14.50?
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It is like comparing a Model T to a Mustang.
I remember those days. We have a box on top of the TV with buttons and a lever to select the channel. At best we had 30 channels. I was my parent's remote. If you want a PPV you had to go to the cable office and get a special box for the event and then return it. Boy I miss such cheap service.
Now we have digital cable boxes with remotes, 100's of channels, HD, On Demand, Music channels, local weather, PPV, program guides, DVR's, etc. I think it is fair to say they have increased their service exponentially, also.
I remember those days. We have a box on top of the TV with buttons and a lever to select the channel. At best we had 30 channels. I was my parent's remote. If you want a PPV you had to go to the cable office and get a special box for the event and then return it. Boy I miss such cheap service.
Now we have digital cable boxes with remotes, 100's of channels, HD, On Demand, Music channels, local weather, PPV, program guides, DVR's, etc. I think it is fair to say they have increased their service exponentially, also.
If you pay for radio in the first place, you deserve any rate increase. :
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I'm betting you don't still have an antenna on top of your home pulling in Atlanta's 5 free t.v. signals, do you?upstate29651 said:If you pay for radio in the first place, you deserve any rate increase. :
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You get what you pay for.
And we know how utterly terrific 'free' terrestrial radio is, don't we?
Yeah. I also remember gasoline at 27 cents a gallon, cars without seat belts, metal dashboards and AM only radios. Can you imagine paying $3.50 for a gallon of gas, cars with seat belts and airbags, AM/FM/XM, USB ports, MP3 players, GPS etc.? in 10 years we'll think these were the good ol' days.
upstate29651 said:If you pay for radio in the first place, you deserve any rate increase. :
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If all you listen to is free terrestrial Clear channel / Entercom mush, then you deserve what you get.
i would ten times rather pay for XM then listen to the tripe the mega groups put on the air and call entertainment. All they do is provide a means to play commercials.
Radio used to be entertaining, but free (terrestrial) radio stations that are innovative and entertaining are few and far between today. Maybe one per major market if you are lucky, and very few smaller markets are privileged to have a radio station worth listening to anymore.
I don't find XM or Sirius channels to be any more innovative or entertaining than anything on radio. If anything, they are MORE canned and jukeboxy. nearly all are entirely voicetracked and imaged poorly.
The ONLY advantage they have is narrower focus and many more choices. Still worth paying for, but I can't characterize the quality of the product as "BETTER"
The ONLY advantage they have is narrower focus and many more choices. Still worth paying for, but I can't characterize the quality of the product as "BETTER"
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OutOfTheBiz said:
There is no comparison. I've had satellite for 4 years now and the other week I was in friend's car on a trip and it was horrible having to listen to terrestial for hours. There are certain shows or times I listen to Atlanta radio but most of the time I am glad to have XM and Sirius to block the rest of the garbage that equates to terrestial radio.
freqdev said:
Agreed. I find much on XM on my DirecTV as there are on terrestrial radio. As was mentioned before, there are more niche formats on the satellite channels. One that I realy like is the 80s on 8, and a few of the techno/dance channels. XM Cafe's okay, but I can't listen to it for long. What I'm finding with satellite, as well as with terrestrial radio, is the passion for the art of music is not there anymore. With that being said...
I was never a huge fan of multiple station ownership, but I did see the benefit of it in the beginning. The companies that had bigger budgets and were more successful than the ones that "played radio" and failed could bring up a few more good stations, and help out some of those stations that were struggling. However, there should've been a three to four station cap instead of the "mega-cap" there is now, that created the Cumulus and Clear Channel-owned smaller markets. Even here, in DMA #8, the "big chiefs" are Cox and Clear Channel. However, we've got quite a few more two-three station owners than the smaller markets have. They're mostly stuck with maybe two clusters which are mostly canned radio.
Yes, I remember when cable was $14.50---all 12 channels of it. If you figure it on a per channel basis, 140 channels for around $70 is a much better deal. Of course, the programing on those original 12 channels was far superior to anything available on the 140 channels (or more, if you subscribe to additional tiers) today.
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