Might this be the end of cable TV and the resurgence of the broadcast networks?
I’ve been reading that Apple wants to start a $30/month subscription TV service through its iTunes store. I have no inside knowledge what that might mean and how it would work, but it does make me want to juggle some numbers around right now.
I just made a list of all the shows I watch regularly. I took this list from the DVR list I’ve got on my cable box. It comes to about 12 shows that I watch regularly. So I went to the iTunes store to see if these 12 shows were available. They were. I can purchase almost of them in individual episodes and most in high definition. I can also purchase a ‘season pass’ which automatically downloads the next available episode for me.
So I put together a little spreadsheet for costs. If I purchase the season pass for each show in HD when available and SD when not (which comes out a little cheaper than individual episodes), it will cost me $357.73 for everything for a year which averages to almost $30/month.
My current cable bill (which includes my internet service and all the sundry set top boxes I need plus some movie channels that I almost never watch) is almost $186.00/month. I can save over $100 a month, or $1,200 a year by dumping the TV portion of cable, buying the shows I want, and using the free over-the-air (OTA) to watch local programs and sports (go Cardinals – Suns – Diamondbacks - Coyotes) and just channel surfing.
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