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clrmoney
clrmoney
11/13/2017 11:16:46 AM
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More Services To Offer
I know you always have to some up with something different to stand out and be better than other competitors. You should always have many options to offer the customers to keep them coming back for more.  I think that people are tired of pay per view and they are trying to come up with better solutions because I know that things are going more and more digital so maybe try that or see if you can bypass the sytem to make it better for you in a way.

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dcawrey
dcawrey
11/13/2017 3:58:42 PM
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Re: More Sevices To Offer
I think people want immersive experiences at home. While I do not believe the current crop of VR devices is sufficient, someone will come along with an experience that captivates people. It's probably going to be Apple. 

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afwriter
afwriter
11/14/2017 12:11:14 AM
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VR
<Well, some people are saying that it is overhyped, but I personally think [the TV experience will somehow be combined] with virtual reality (VR).>

I feel like, moving into winter, VR was the hot summer thing but we haven't heard too much about it as of late. 

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elizabethv
elizabethv
11/14/2017 7:52:39 AM
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Re: VR
@afwriter - I had seen a few "VR Experience" things in the mall not too long ago. Which may be a lucrative direction for VR to take. That or other theme park type experiences. Where people are generally willing to fork over otherwise absurd amounts of money for some kind of promising activity. Perhaps it could take a route similar to the "Escape Rooms" have taken as of late. Or even join up with them. An Escape Room with a VR headset would certainly be a new take if nothing else. 

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afwriter
afwriter
11/14/2017 10:55:54 AM
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Re: VR
@Eliabethv I don't think that the technology has died off or is even going anywhere anytime soon. I just think the enthusiasm for it has diminished slightly, it will still have great benefits in the future for sure. I love your idea of a VR escape room, if someone isn't already doing it they should be. 

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srufolo1
srufolo1
11/15/2017 1:28:08 AM
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Standalone Services Can't Survive
Sports is always content that viewers want to watch so NTV's Petukhov made the right move with exclusive streaming coverage of football league matches. I would assume "football" as in soccer. Sports events on TV are always in high demand and viewers will pay for them. In fact, in scrutinizing my Optimum bill a little more closely this month, I discovered that along with the extra charge for 2 cable boxes and Broadcast TV, they took the opportunity to sneak in a $4.97 surcharge for Sports TV. You would think it would be part of the package.

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elizabethv
elizabethv
11/15/2017 7:13:45 AM
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Re: Standalone Services Can't Survive
@srufolo1 - Good to see cable packages haven't changed since my nearly 4 year departure from the arena. That is literally exactly why I left. I had "signed up" in May of whatever year it was, but somehow ended up on a Football package. (Football, not futbol.) No one ever informed me of the package, or the up-charge I would have once football season actually started. I ended up cutting the cord over the ordeal and haven't looked back. That's crazy that they still haven't changed. 

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afwriter
afwriter
11/15/2017 1:40:12 PM
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Re: Standalone Services Can't Survive
I re-cut the cord after being tricked into a terrible two-year contract and I don't miss it one bit. If anything it is giving me time to watch what I want to watch instead of the shows I felt obligated to watch because they were DVRed. While the numbers go back and forth it seems obvious to me that cable will one day be non-existent, at least as we know it now. 

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afwriter
afwriter
11/15/2017 1:41:31 PM
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Re: Standalone Services Can't Survive
I can't find it off hand but I saw that there is a new skinny bundle coming out that is undercutting everyone else's prices by not offering any sports. I want to say it was around $16 a month. 

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srufolo1
srufolo1
11/15/2017 10:30:08 PM
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Re: Standalone Services Can't Survive
@elizabethv The only reason I went back to cable is that I needed the Wi-Fi, and was tired of having nothing to watch on my TV due to a small antenna I bought that picked up only 7 stations. And they sucked me in with what looked like a good deal at the time. In looking at this cable bill again, which is aggravating me, it appears that my promotional savings come to $163.61. I am wondering if that means that's how much more the bill will be per month after these promotions are over. Time to cut the cord again soon!

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