Article: A La Carte

Article: A la carte lives, up north.(cable network sales in ...
Multichannel News;  June 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... that many of their branded services are sold a la carte--not here in the U.S., but across the border ... latitude has produced a change in attitude toward a la carte. The lack of a la carte in the U.S. is coming under close scrutiny in ...

Article: A la carte's pushed up hill ...(Regulation)
Multichannel News;  March 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... cable to offer every programming service a la carte as an alternative to bloated programming ... channels. McCain considered attaching his a la carte proposal to recent broadcast-indecency ... Gene Kimmelman of Consumers Union: A la carte should be tested in a market. If the ...

Article: A la carte a losing proposition for everyone; ...
Advertising Age;  April 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: SEAN CUNNINGHAM `a la carte' is a flawed model with potentially serious ... U.S. viewers would benefit in an a la carte world; their monthly cable bills reduced ... occur. In practice, the ripple effect a la carte would create would be analogous to dropping ...

Article: 'A La Carte Show' worth watching.(Regulation Forum)
Multichannel News;  July 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... and religious groups. It's the "A La Carte Show," and it's coming not to television ... pace with inflation. Proponents of a la carte pricing claim that allowing consumers ... switching from the current tiered system to a la carte pricing would lead to higher consumer ...

Article: Would a la carte fly in court? Judges likely to ...
Multichannel News;  June 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ...WASHINGTON -- A la carte legislation might pass the Congress ... cable operators sell networks on an a la carte basis was consistent with First Amendment ... Many cable lawyers are adamant that a la carte mandates would not be sustained because ...

Article: A La Carte Pricing Poses Risks.(television ...
Satellite News;  July 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... pending in Congress but the idea of a la carte pricing was the topic of the House telecommunications ... Even if no consumers were to choose the a la carte option, consumer prices for current tiers ... real world complications would make a la carte pricing difficult to implement, he ...

Article: Wayward a la Carte; Kagan Study Says Platform ...
TelevisionWeek;  December 19, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... to ward off a government-mandated a la carte system of delivering channels to customers ... to-be released FCC report, is that a la carte is in the best interests of the consumer ... TV channel platforms would rise with a la carte,'' Kagan said in a release last Friday ...