frank ramblings

Streaming TV Is Beginning to Look A Lot Like Cable

A closeup of a remote control

US: Why can’t we just pay for the cable channels we actually want a la carte?

(a few years later)

ALSO US: Why do we have to pay for all these streaming services individually? Can’t there be some kind of package to save money?

The general idea is that each of
these TV services will appeal to
cord-cutters and cord-nevers who
merely consider old-style cable and
satellite TV too costly. To
overcome that, each offers what are
called “skinny bundles” of
channels, with fewer, at various
prices.

The last thing we need is to just
port outmoded cable and satellite
services to the internet.