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- From: staggers@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Ken Staggers)
- Subject: Re: PPV Olympics: Oh, so now it's free
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- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:33:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul31.152000.17709@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> rcm@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (randall.c.moline) writes:
- >Why is it such a greedy, shortsighted ploy? It is an experiment. They
- >felt they were offering the public something they wanted and that the
- >public would be willing to pay for it. Granted, maybe they charged too
- >much (no, they charged too much!) but hopefully they will
- >learn for their mistakes. I've gotta believe that if it was $75 instead
- >of $125 they would have had well over twice as many people sign up.
-
- Unfortunately, this experiment might cost Cablevision subscribers money.
- I wouldnt mind it if they did this with somebody else's funds, but I
- have a sneaky suspicion that their $50 million loss will be passed on
- directly to me. And being a monopoly in my area, I have nowhere else
- to turn.
-
- I am also afraid of the next possible experiment...maybe ABC and TCI
- agrees to pay the NFL $1 billion for PPV Super Bowl. And they charge
- an outrageous price and don't get enough subscribers (hey, but our
- research shows people would pay anything for the super bowl), then
- the cost is not borne by ABC and its stock holders...its passed to
- TCI customers. That's my worry about an experiment like this.
-
- --Ken
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