Time Warner to Offer ESPN-less Cable Package

There’s actually a bigger story here methinks. Cable television is starting to lose customers as people move towards Netflix Streaming and sites like Hulu that for a low monthly subscription fee offer greater flexibility at a much, much lower price. We’re also in the middle of Obama’s crippling recession and the absurd cost of cable is starting to feel less necessary, especially with all the options out there.

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Time Warner Cable plans one of the most ambitious efforts yet to combat the rising cost of sports channels: It’s preparing to introduce a low-cost service tier that won’t include expensive networks such as ESPN. Time Warner Cable has said that it’s exploring the “TV Essentials” package that would cost between $30-$40 a month.

We’re all tired of paying for channels we never watch and cable’s monopoly is starting to crack.

Until they go a la carte (like the original satellite packages once did), I predict things will only get worse for cable providers. I’d happily pay a few bucks a month for Fox News, TCM and a few others, but right now I’m a sap paying for 60 channels I never watch and five I sometimes do.

And I’m getting real tired of feeling like a sap.