Re: A view from Down Under
"It appears that the avid, rabid fans are only avid rabid fans if they can be so on the cheap."
Couldn't have said it better myself, and that's the problem with a lot of stuff these days, everyone wants it for free...
Back in the day before sky tv was launched here in the UK, you had a choice of 4 channels, and two of which were self funding and two were all covered by the TV licence.
along came sky, and invested a massive amount of money on launching satellites and supplying receivers with easy to use interfaces. it took a silly amount of time before sky TV started to become profitable, and If I remember right, the first channel to show a profit was Sky news. (even though it was FTA) did they put the billions of pounds in investments for the good of their own health? no.... they did it to make a profit.. to line there own pockets with... people should not get upset that they actually make a profit.
as a man, I hate Murdoch as much as the next person for his ethics in the newspaper industry, but I cant help the fact that my choice of TV provider lines his pockets