{"id":20745,"date":"2015-03-16T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=20745"},"modified":"2015-03-15T16:04:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T23:04:20","slug":"newsletter-issue-798-the-cord-cutting-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2015\/03\/newsletter-issue-798-the-cord-cutting-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #798: The Cord-Cutting Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So it may seem that the cable and satellite TV industry is in deep trouble. People are getting more and more disgusted with paying up to $150 or more each month for a bucket of channels, many of which they don\u2019t even watch. Even when you want to get a cheaper deal, in order to get a good cross-section of the content you want, you may have to buy several tiers \u2014 or higher tiers \u2014 of service. You cannot choose from Column A and Column B. So you\u2019re stuck!<\/p>\n<p>To some degree, you may blame the entertainment companies who bundle channels and provide them to the cable\/satellite industry as packages. You may be surprised to know that NBCUniversal\u2019s cable networks include not just Syfy and USA Network. They also include such channels \u2014 some of which may be unknown to many of you \u2014 as Chiller, Cloo, Sprout, Universal HD, and several more.<\/p>\n<p>Now not all of these channels may be available from your cable company. Cloo, for example, which offers mostly crime procedurals, such as Law &amp; Order and NCIS. It\u2019s not even available in HD, and many of the content carriers, such as Dish Network and Cox, don\u2019t include it on their schedule.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! 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