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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: PPV Olympics: Oh, so now it's free
- Date: 30 Jul 1992 19:07:41 GMT
- Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
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- In article <1992Jul30.144313.7272@news.acns.nwu.edu> staggers@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Ken Staggers) writes:
- >Anyway, did you pay $125 for the Triplecast? If so, what do you think about
- >the fact that, if I was really interested, I can watch it for free tonight
- >and tomorrow? NBC, in order to lure more suckers, I mean viewers, to pay
- >the $29.95 daily coverage, will be offering cable viewers 14 hours of
- >PPV Olympics for free.
-
- First you complain that Cablevision is going to pass on its loss to you,
- and then you complain about a measure that is hoped to reduce the loss.
- Make up your mind.
-
- As for the fairness of the free broadcast, what makes it any different from
- any other giveaways that cable companies do? I pay for several movie
- channels, but I don't get a refund during those preview weeks. And this
- kind of stuff certainly isn't limited to the cable business. Magazines
- have special giveaways to new subscribers, but they're not available with
- renewals. And didn't you ever kick yourself for buying something the day
- before it went on sale?
-
- >Using a split screen with 4 quadrants, NBC will again invade another cable
- >channel
-
- I don't see how a split screen could possibly compare to the real three
- channels. The resolution will be horrible, and they obviously can't have
- the sound from all three. This is clearly just a teaser, not a "real"
- broadcast.
-
- >America has spoken about the future of paying per every view...we don't
- >really want it, and we really can't afford it.
-
- But it's my understanding that PPV bikini contests have been doing pretty
- well. I guess the Olympics folks just don't understand where Americans'
- priorities are.
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- Barry Margolin
- System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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