Cable TV prices to increase AGAIN

[DrLeftover]

Bidding war between networks, sports leagues will increase price of cable TV

23 Jan

Cable TV is about to get more expensive for millions of consumers because of a bidding war between networks and the country’s most powerful sports leagues.

Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and scores of rural cable providers are tacking on sports surcharges each month, the direct result of higher fees they are paying to ESPN and other sports networks to carry their channels. Beginning Feb. 5, DirecTV will raise fees by 5.7 percent.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/bidding-war-between-networks-sports-leagues-will-increase-price-of-cable-tv/2015/01/23/d0cb19f4-9db8-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_story.html

 

[Dee]

Oh, wow! Big shocker there. xD

 

[Guardian]

Eh, if it weren't for college football I wouldn't have cable anymore. I went a few years without, when I worked on weekends and could watch the games at work. Cable is just too overpriced nowadays.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I don't use that company though.

 

[DrLeftover]

I don't use that company though.

Name a cable company that won't raise their rates given half of an excuse.

 

[+paradox]

greedy opportunists that have monopolies...

like they ain't making enough money, they want more of it...  :glare:

 

[Webster]

Oh, wow! Big shocker there. xD

No kidding...