Top Cable Providers to Offer Family TV Packages
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
Under pressure from the government, the nation’s two largest cable companies and several others announced Monday a plan to offer packages of family friendly channels to give parents another option to shield children from sex, rough language and violence.
Kyle McSlarrow, head of the main cable trade group, said Monday that industry leader Comcast Corp., No. 2 Time Warner Cable, and a handful of other companies would start offering “family choice” tiers, most likely by spring.
Details will vary by company, McSlarrow, president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, told the Senate Commerce Committee. He did not have an estimate on the cost.
posted by Fergie @ 12/12/2005 10:42:00 AM
1 Comments:
this isn't a solution. Not everyone wants a family package. (I sure don't). This is just further variance on a One-Size-Fits-All, which is ridiculous. It seems as though the only way we'll get a la carte pricing, is to overpay for the individual channels. What are channels anyway? I just want a handful of shows.
ITMS here I come. =)
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