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Originally Posted by Raider999
But that is what people have to do with the base channels which are mostly available elsewhere foc. And it's not like it is a minor charge either.
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But, as Cheekyangus correctly points out, the vast majority of these channels get pennies per subscriber absorbed across the subscriber base. With the vast majority of channels comfortably being “niche” - a fact supported by BARB ratings - then it would be very few channels viable at all without bundles. Those that did survive would have to recoup their advertising and subscription losses from the ~200,000 subscribers maximum any of them are likely to see.
Even at a reasonably paltry 5p per month per subscriber - over 12 million basic package subscriptions - £7.2 million per annum. For the 200,000 who might actually subscribe that leaves them having to stump up £3 a month each to match that.
It’d take a very small amount of “niche” content to suddenly find yourself paying more in the long run.