Comments on: Disney Wants a TV Everywhere Fee

By: Light Reading - Valley Wonk - TV Everywhere, Money Nowhere

Light Reading - Valley Wonk - TV Everywhere, Money Nowhere — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:24:48 +0000

[...] -- which I agree with -- is that cable will eventually charge for TV Everywhere. It's certainly what Disney wants. I don't see that working out, though. People think they pay too much for TV as it is, and TV [...]

By: bj

bj — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:14:34 +0000

Anyone who refers to people as "consumers" has lost my business. This attitude in the national and global corporate world is prevalent and wrongheaded, and has led to poor customer service and a nickel dime mentality.

Vote with your wallets, people.

By: A Noun

A Noun — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:57:14 +0000

I love how Comcast flaps their lips and Disney swears to it.

Amazing how many Comcast executives over the past 10 years came from Disney.

Comcast is becoming even more of a monopoly than anyone could believe. When will they be stopped?

By: DC

DC — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:26:10 +0000

If people will pay, they have a responsibility to charge. Will people pay? We won't know until know, but the cablers need to try before moving to a free model. The free model has value, btw - it reduces churn and will generate some ad revenue.

By: Mike Berkley

Mike Berkley — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:38:57 +0000

True, Brian, the consumer should only pay once (http://tvnewsstream.com/consumers-will-pay-for-online-content-but-not)…

HOWEVER, Iger is absolutely right in that the price point should increase with TV Everywhere to make sure the content programmers are adequately compensated for the increased usage of their content (http://tvnewsstream.com/comcast-should-charge-us-for-tv-everywhere).

By: Brian Walsh

Brian Walsh — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:56:40 +0000

Isn't the consumer already paying for the content once? So in addition to paying the MSO $140 + a month for internet and cable, the user pays additional $ for the convenience of watching on their laptop?