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04-28-2014, 09:14 PM
How cable bundles are being torn apart bit by bit
http://c2.bgr.com/2012/01/cuttingcable.jpg?w=610 (http://bgr.com/2014/04/28/why-cable-companies-bundle-their-channels/)Cable companies may be loathe to admit it, but their incredibly profitable bundle packages that are hated by many consumers (http://bgr.com/2013/06/20/time-warner-cable-bundles-lawsuit/) are slowly dying out. The New York Times' columnist David Carr writes persuasively (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/business/media/new-challenges-chip-away-at-cables-pillar-of-profit.html) on how forcing consumers to pay huge sums to money every month to subsidize channels they never watch is just **t a sustainable business model in an era where consumers have access to so much content on the Internet, either through legitimate means such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon (http://bgr.com/tag/amazon) or through illegitimate means such as pirated torrents (http://bgr.com/2014/04/15/game-of-thrones-torrent-swarm/).
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http://c2.bgr.com/2012/01/cuttingcable.jpg?w=610 (http://bgr.com/2014/04/28/why-cable-companies-bundle-their-channels/)Cable companies may be loathe to admit it, but their incredibly profitable bundle packages that are hated by many consumers (http://bgr.com/2013/06/20/time-warner-cable-bundles-lawsuit/) are slowly dying out. The New York Times' columnist David Carr writes persuasively (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/business/media/new-challenges-chip-away-at-cables-pillar-of-profit.html) on how forcing consumers to pay huge sums to money every month to subsidize channels they never watch is just **t a sustainable business model in an era where consumers have access to so much content on the Internet, either through legitimate means such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon (http://bgr.com/tag/amazon) or through illegitimate means such as pirated torrents (http://bgr.com/2014/04/15/game-of-thrones-torrent-swarm/).
Continue reading... (http://bgr.com/2014/04/28/why-cable-companies-bundle-their-channels/)
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