Saints-Steelers Hall of Fame Game - August 5th
I hate to say it but cable will soon be a thing of the past. If you look and see what is going on they are having problems just carrying local networks. WWL is having to do last minute negotiations just so Cox will carry them. Cox would be hurt much more than WWL in the deal so it ends up being in Cox best intrest to carry WWL. This is just a microcosom of the situation. Unless you live like in an apartment or somewhere where you cannot put up a dish then what would you need cable for anyway when you think about it? I understand that some peoples landlords or apartment owners will not let them put up direcTv but if they did then cable would be history. There would be no reason to argue with cable companies anymore and everybody would be happpy. Everything about satellite seems much better than cable as far as programing because of Sunday Ticket and NFL network. Those are the big things but then you also don't have to put up with the cable companies bullying you about programming and pricing. I think this competition is great because finally cable has to get off there high horse. Remember when they were the only game in town? I know you do because the cable companies did not let us forget they were the only game in town. It is funny how things come around and go around.
1 Cable is easier to have in various rooms.
2 In my comparisons it is cheaper also with no equipment to buy.
3 New technology skews toward Cable such as Cable cards to eliminate the box. Even TIVO has a new HD recorder out that takes two cable cards giving you ability to record two channels and watch another. This is not a possibility with satellite.
4 I have tons of In Demand stations with cable including a free zone area where I can call up an program from HGTV or A&E or other cable stations, with the ability to fast forward, pause, etc. By offering this, I don't even have to record these shows. Example would be ROME on HBO. I can call up any episode of ROME, SOPRANOS or any other HBO show for free. It is included with my HBO subscription with cable.
5 Satellite offers HD Lite. The signal actually varies throughout the day and is so much below the standard DirecTV is actually being sued in California for not delivering true HD. Search the web with Google under HD Lite and you'll see a ton of information about this. Cable offers full quality HD without compressing it.
6 Upload speed for high speed internet is pathetic with satellite. Not good enough to use for many businesses. Cable on the other hand continues to increase this speed.
7 Cable doesn't go out when bad weather hits.
8 Majority of technology and people are moving to cable. Eventually DirecTV will lose the Sunday Ticket exclusitivity and they'll be done other than for rural locations. For those of us that live in our home team's area, that is a moot point anyway.
As to cable going away check out this link:
http://www.ncta.com/ContentView.aspx?contentId=54
Annual subscriber revenue for cable: $74.6 Billion. Don't think its going anywhere soon.
Annual subscriber revenue for DirectTV: 3.19 Billion.