Why TV Providers Are Tying Up Condo And Apartment Complexes
from the this-again... dept
Earlier this month, we had a story about how cable providers were having a blast signing deals with new condo and apartment complexes which would force all residents to buy TV and broadband services from them -- even if they didn't use it or if they signed a deal with another provider. The NY Times has now written basically the same story, but has a little more analysis about why these sorts of deals have become so popular lately. The basic idea is that the market for pay-TV is saturated. Everyone who wants it, has it. So, rather than focus on creating better deals for customers (better prices, better services, etc...), the companies are looking for ways to force people to subscribe to their services. Apparently, they have no faith in their own ability to sell the service competitively.
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It took cable _years_ to get into our complex
Some our members are pissed that they can't get any sort of satillite TV because they're on the wrong side of the building (requiring connecting their dish on the roof, which is against the CC&R's).
If only there were another alternative, but the local municiple fibre hook up is "just across the bridge" not 500 feet away.
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Re: It took cable _years_ to get into our complex
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Re: putting a dish up in condo complex
We won't allow satillite dishes actually on the roof because they might damage it in a storm. Owners can hire a bonded, insured contractor to install a dish on the side of a fascia board in specific locations up there, but they can't go on the roof due to insurance issues. In the end, people on that side of the building either get cable or use an internal attena.
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Forced Cable
Pretty sweet deal for everyone!
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He "hardly ever watches it"
He complains anyway that there's nothing to watch. By the look of him, he should go running instead, killing two birds with one stone!
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