According to this article, skinny packages are set to become more popular in the US, and over here, too, there is increasing talk of allowing subscribers to choose which channels they wish to view.
https://www.rapidtvnews.com/20170923...#axzz4tUhMx800
Out of interest, I counted the number of popular non-premium channels (excluding children's channels) listed in TV & Satellite Week, and then considered how many of these neither my wife nor I ever watch.
Amazingly, I found that over the course of the last three years, we have only ever watched at least one programme from 42 out of the 72 channels, and I have counted in that number channels rarely viewed.
So effectively, I am paying for 30 channels I never watch and don't need. I wonder how much that adds to my bill?
Given the concerns raised on this forum about price rises, perhaps VM should start thinking about offering a skinny package with only the most popular channels included. This would be a real bargain compared with what we are paying now, and would attract customers from other platforms to cable. I think that without such an initiative, an increasing exodus of cable TV subscribers will happen before long.