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Originally Posted by zendawn
So the only reason Asians get to have their own channel is because they are rich?? or have enough money to buy a specific channel?
My point again is that channels for minorities shouldnt be dependant on economic viabilities.
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No, that was the point. NTL put together a package featuring Asian channels, and reduced call costs to the subcontinent, for less money than it would have cost to get them separately, to try to appeal to asian customers (which makes sense when you look at the demographics for NTL-connected cities).
As to funding for minority channels, I couldn't disagree more. Regulation to prevent discrimination, yes. Enforced funding, no. If a gay channel, satanist channel or whatever else want to launch, then fine, but I don't see why they should be given special treatment.
But then I'm just anti 'positive' discrimination in all regards. In my opinion, it's contradictory to the notion of equalty...