8 August, 2008
Maybe a merger would do them some good...
I was a big fan of Satellite TV going back to grad school. Back then, you could get a decent channel package for around $30/month, easily beating the price of cable. Even factoring in buying the Dish and Receiver, the savings at the time paid for themselves in under two years (at least in Blacksburg in the late 90s). I even used to brag how we didn't lose signal during the last hurricane to rumble through Northern Virginia.
But over the last year, I became greatly disatisfied with Dish Network, my former provider.
...click to continue reading.2 July, 2007
This is why MLS paid to have its games on ESPN
MLS had to pay to be on ESPN2 for so many years, because that's what gets and keeps you on the general sport fan's radar. On the other end of th spectrum, the NHL refused a revenue-sharing agreement, one without a big fat rights fee, with ESPN last year and chose to go to the more obscure Versus network.
...click to continue reading.25 August, 2003
The real Cable thieves.
A piece today on the Motely Fool analyzes the cost of Satellite versus Cable television. Not surprisingly, satellite TV is less expensive, has seen smaller price increases, and has more satisfied customers.
...click to continue reading.21 August, 2003
Sanctimonious Parent Group Points out the Obvious
Sometimes CNN is funnier than the Onion, as illustratated by this story about a shocking revelation by a TV watchdog group. The Parents Television Council issued a study finding that CSI is the least family-friendly show on TV. Well - no fricking duh, Einstein.
...click to continue reading.30 June, 2003
Buffy the Terroist Slayer?
report titled BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AND
THE "BUFFY PARADIGM". I didn't follow the Buffy series religiously but this is a very
interesting read wherein the authors use gimmicks from the show to illustrate how a war on terror
should be fought. ...click to continue reading.