Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Aug. 21, 2013
Fixing broken pay TV
The system is broken. As prices climb ever higher and the bundle becomes ever more unwieldy, programmers continue their rush to collective suicide as they selfishly exploit the bundling system. By Warren Grimes
Over the past decade, pay-TV subscription rates, now averaging $90 a month, have increased at twice the inflation rate. With the proliferation of expensive sports programming, monthly rates are likely to reach $125 in a few years. The bundles that consumers are forced to buy are elephantine, and growing ever larger. For the more than 100 million households who purchase the bundles, there are few meaningful choices. For many consumers, the choice ...
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