CULCHA

Cable interference

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For Internet and digital technologist Tom Evslin, the future of television viewing is available right now, through the increasing number of cancellations of cable TV subscriptions across the country. Evslin, blogging at the Fractals of Change Web site, cites a recent New York Times story that documents a rise in appeal for an “a la carte” pricing model. But Evslin goes further: “Why do we need channels at all? … This final disaggregation of content from access probably won't happen through regulation; it'll happen because of the self-interest of content owners and advertisers.”

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