We Don’t Need to Mandate “a la Carte”… It Already Exists
Wow, I am really blown away by CancelCable.com. Earlier today, I mentioned how I discovered it thanks to Mike Musgrove’s Washington Post story about how more and more people are canceling their cable and satellite subscriptions altogether and using alternative video platforms — Hulu, iTunes, Netflix, XBox, etc. — to watch their favorite shows. Anyway, if you go to CancelCable.com’s “Show Finder” site, you will find a complete inventory of all the major television programs you can find online right now. Go to the site to see the complete list, but down below I cut just the first 15 shows listed to give you a feel for how it works. And that list just continues to grow and grow in both directions — in terms of the number of shows and the number of platforms where you can get them.
OK, so why again do we need to mandate a la carte regulation for cable and satellite?
| Network | Show | Hulu | Other | Netflix | Itunes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox |
24
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| FX |
30 Days
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| NBC |
30 Rock
|
view | view | ||
| ABC |
According to Jim
|
view | view | ||
| Retro / Classic |
Adam-12
|
view | view | ||
| Retro / Classic |
Alf
|
view | view | ||
| Retro / Classic |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
|
view | view | ||
| Fox |
America’s Most Wanted
|
view | |||
| Fox |
American Dad
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view | view | view | |
| Disney Channel |
American Dragon
|
view | view | view | |
| Retro / Classic |
American Gladiators
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view | view | ||
| 20th Cent. Fox |
Angel
|
view | view | ||
| Retro / Classic |
Archie Bunker’s Place
|
view | view | ||
| Fox |
Are You Smarter Than a 5th G
|
view | view | ||
| 20th Cent. Fox |
Arrested Development
|
view | view | view | |
| Retro / Classic |
Astro Boy
|
view | view | view |
