[mythtv-users] All clear QAMs gone in Portland, OR

[Eric Sharkey]

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:02 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 09:18:30PM -0400, Eric Sharkey wrote:
>> Customer A values the channels at $3 and $8, while customer B values
>> them at $8 and $3 respectively.  If bundled in a $10 package, both
>> customers will buy the bundle and receive services they value above
>> the cost of those services.  If unbundled and priced at $5/each, each
>> customer will only purchase only one channel, neither of which will be
>> profitable and both will fail.  It's lose-lose-lose as the channel
>
>     Not quite. Many people will buy many different channels. It's a large
> market and there's plenty of room for different options. Not every option
> may survive but that's just basic capitalism.

Clearly, I've failed to make my point.  Looks like a professorship in
economics is not in my future.

Eric