<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 10:41 PM Stephen P. Villano <<a href="mailto:stephen.p.villano@gmail.com">stephen.p.villano@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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On 08/18/2018 09:23 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:<br>
> On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 12:26 AM Stephen P. Villano<br>
> <<a href="mailto:stephen.p.villano@gmail.com" target="_blank">stephen.p.villano@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ....<br>
>> Alas, another deal breaker is, we watch a lot of BBC America programming. That is absent from their advertised lineup.<br>
> FWIW, at least one other OTT providers took a bit of time<br>
> to negotiate BBC America, so perhaps it is coming (or<br>
> perhaps).<br>
><br>
> Personally, I would like to see ESPN dropped and the<br>
> cost go down by the (estimated by some) $5-8/mo<br>
> that they bill for it, but it was probably a requirement<br>
> to get Disney (which I would also be personally happy<br>
> to not get/pay for, but I understand the perceived need).<br>
><br>
> But the reality is there is no perfect OTT provider<br>
> with just the channels I want, and pure ala carte<br>
> has been calculated (by real economists, not couch<br>
> potatoe pundits who like to make things up) to cost<br>
> some people a lot more than what they pay now,<br>
> even if some would pay less.<br>
<br>
Which is laughable. The US, the penultimate the third nation, has a free<br>
market, which is monopoly bound.<br>
Or something.<br>
Regardless, if it doesn't contain BBC America, I'll not subscribe at<br>
all, be it local cable or network centric.<br>
I'll do something far less lawful, if I must.<br>
Obtain copies from a buddy in the NSA.<br>
<br>
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MythTV Forums: <a href="https://forum.mythtv.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forum.mythtv.org</a></blockquote><div>could it be we'll need new SD acronyms? how about SiD and SeD. </div></div></div>