Comments on: How much would you pay for a live stream of the Daily Show?

By: Chiropractor

Chiropractor — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:31:06 +0000

Well if you think about it, the ads ARE the $.25 per episode. Which is a decent amount to pay for free entertainment. What gets me is that people actually pay for comedy central, and then have to watch TWICE the commercials, and have to sit down at a certain time to watch the show “live”.

By: frankm

frankm — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:25:36 +0000

Dish already has a live stream, it is their existing satellite service. A internet streaming service from dish still needs the infrastructure of an ISP, most likely a cable provider. What we really want is a la carte programming.

Right now, viacom gets about $.50 per month per subscriber from dish network. To get this channel, I have to pay for a $40/month package — so I don’t.

If dish network would offer a service that was $5/mo for a receiver access fee and then allow add on programming like comedy central for $2.25/mo, food network for $1.95, discovery for $2.40, I’d be all over that.

If I’m not wasting money paying for channels I don’t watch, like espn, I would be more likely to order more PPV movies, add HBO & SHO, etc.

By: Richardya

Richardya — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:03:47 +0000

Really need more detail for the poll, 3 shows is not a lot, and one airs annually.

By: Addfry

Addfry — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 07:12:30 +0000

I’m already seeing online for free & last I checked it isn’t sending John & his boss Sumner to the poor house.

By: Kevin Horne

Kevin Horne — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:46:25 +0000

DISH once again is off orbit – nothing between Blockbuster and now makes any sense. The whole proposition to the dopey cord cutters is to get ALL CONTENT FOR FREE. to think you are going to nickle and dime these skinflintsall month long is laughable…

By: nopeynope

nopeynope — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:06:42 +0000

Meet the new model, same as the old model…..

Consumers aren’t clamoring for cheaper bundles of linear feeds, they want on-demand content they are actually interested in for a fair price or free w/ ad support. I love the Daily Show but would never pay $.01 for an Internet bundle. They sell plenty of ads on their website, there’s the monetization. If they complain they can’t monetize the stream because they don’t get enough views or the CPM is too low I would suggest they quit trying to deny content access and get better sales people.

By: ricdesan

ricdesan — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:58:13 +0000

The only way this works is giving consumers that have already cut the cord exactly what they want, when they want at a price point that the content providers are never going to agree to.

Granularity is the last ace in the hole that traditional content providers have to draw on and if they never play that card, there will come a time when it is too late to get any value for it. Wise up schmucks, the clock is ticking.

By: JoeS

JoeS — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:31:42 +0000

Difficult to say. We have a habit of hitting ‘record series’ on the DVR for a lot of pretty bad shows that we then play as background or diversion when we feel like it. That adds up to a lot of shows, maybe 30 per week, so maybe 130 per month. Ouch. Anyway, to get those same shows for less than our cable price of $50/mo it would have to be $0.40/show. If we could train ourselves to only watch quality tv maybe $1 per show could be OK, but somehow I doubt it. And yes, it would have to be a-la-carte. Live streaming combines the worst of all: you need to be there at a specific time, and it includes ads. That would be a definite no.

By: Susan Yasue Grogan

Susan Yasue Grogan — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:01:12 +0000

This is the exact issue I have. I have *never* paid for cable in my life, even pre-internet era. I grew up in an area without the option of cable, so I never developed a channel surfing, have-to-talk-about-it -the-next-day habit. When I flip through cable channels at a friend’s house it seems like a sea of garbage. The very idea of bundles is a waste to me. I don’t even use my regular TV for watching the channels I get with an antenna very often. If I happen on a show I like, I generally buy it on DVD or blu-ray, because most services like iTunes think I shouldn’t be able to back it up where/how I want, because they fear piracy more than making money off of people like me. Renting individual episodes isn’t worth it at 2 bucks a pop each either. And it’s not that I’m all about free; I tend to buy apps if there’s one that outshines free options for more than 99 cents. These companies need to find a sweet spot price-wise and let me watch it when I want, since I won’t plan my life around a TV–or any other device for that matter. They need to get over the outdated models and offer true ala cart viewing of channels. That might get my interest.

By: gonzo90017

gonzo90017 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:24:54 +0000

What viacom channels?