a la carte programming

[gridlore]

A story in this morning's SFGate got me thinking about a la carte programming for cable. What would I watch if we had the option?

We currently get about 80 channels.


The ones I'd keep are in bold. Comments in italics.

Channel - Network
2. FOX -- KTVU - 2
3. NBC -- KNTV - 11
4. IND -- KRON - 4
5. CBS -- KPIX - 5
6. IND -- KICU - 36
7. ABC -- KGO - 7
8. IND -- KTSF - 26
9. PBS -- KQED - 9
10. PBS -- KTEH
11. TV GUIDE CHANNEL
12. UPN -- KBHK - 44
13. WB -- KBWB - 20
14. UNIVISION -- KDTV - 14
15. PUBLIC ACCESS -- Community Channel
16. PAX TV -- KKPX - 65
17. PBS -- KCSM - 60
18. TELEMUNDO -- KSTS - 48
19. IND -- KTNC - 42
20. IND -- KFSF - 66
21. IND -- KCNS - 38
22. C-SPAN
23. C-SPAN 2
24. NBC -- KSBW - 8 All this channel does is rebroadcast NBC for the southern reaches of the Bay Are and the Salinas Valley. So 90% of the time is nothing but a card telling you to watch channel 3.
25. IND -- KTLN - 68
26. LEASED ACCESS -- CivilCenter TV
27. IND -- CCN 1
28. IND -- CCN 2
29. DISCOVERY CHANNEL WEST
30. THE CALIFORNIA CHANNEL (9:00am to 2:59pm), LEASED ACCESS (3:00pm to 8:59am)
31. HSN - HOME SHOPPING NETWORK 2
32. IND -- KMTP - 32
33. ACCESS TV This is used by Fox Sports Net to broadcast games from time to time.
34. QVC
35. FOOD NETWORK
36. FX WEST
37. TNT
38. ESPN
39. ESPN 2
40. FOX SPORTS NET
41. TBS SUPERSTATION
42. USA NETWORK WEST
43. MTV WEST
44. VH1 WEST
45. SPIKETV- WEST
46. LIFETIME
47. A&E
48. BRAVO
49. AMC
50. THE LEARNING CHANNEL WEST
51. ANIMAL PLANET
52. ABC FAMILY CHANNEL
53. NICKELODEON
54. CARTOON NETWORK
55. THE DISNEY CHANNEL WEST
56. CNN
57. CNN HEADLINE NEWS
58. CNBC
59. FOX NEWS CHANNEL I like hearing all the angles.
60. MSNBC
61. WEATHER CHANNEL
62. HISTORY CHANNEL
63. COMEDY CENTRAL WEST
64. E! ENTERTAINMENT WEST
65. COURT TV WEST
66. HALLMARK CHANNEL WEST
67. HGTV - HOME & GARDEN TELEVISION
68. GALAVISION
69. INTERNATIONAL CHANNEL
70. BET- BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION
71. TRAVEL CHANNEL
72. TV LAND WEST FEED
73. SCI-FI CHANNEL
74. MUN2 TELEVISION
75. CMT - COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION
77. COMCAST DIGITAL CABLE PREVIEW
81. OUTDOOR LIFE NETWORK
82. GOLF CHANNEL

So, I actually want a bit less than half of what we're paying for.

Comments

[deathbytamarind.livejournal.com]

Dude, if we were given a quota of like 80 channels to make up our cable line-up, I'd so do that!

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Then there's channels we don't get, but I'd want. Like MTV2, Discovery Science, BBC America...

[deathbytamarind.livejournal.com]

Right. Or if they'd even offer mini-packages of company channels, like all Viacom, all Vivendi, all Disney, and listed all channels available through those companies, and we had to choose that way, I'd go for it.

[deathbytamarind.livejournal.com]

250 channels...nothin' but cats.