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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 1345900" data-attributes="member: 4779">Agreed.  I know all the problems that went on with Farscape and I am forever greatful that it even got a chance to be on TV.  My lone problem with that show was how and when it was pulled.  There was a contract on the table which was for a final season.  SFC bungled the marketing of their star franchise in ways explained in other threads.  I just hope, like you said, they handle BSG with more respect and saavy. My initial fears mirrored in another.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> [tangent]Actually, with the TiVo service it already is a subscription service.  I pay $13 a month for TiVo to update the programming guides and do all my dirty work for me.  What you are saying is closer than we all think...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> TiVo is still a product for those who can afford it.  Sure, you can get a unit off ebay cheap and upgrade the HD but even that costs more money than many can afford to spend on such things.  Compared to VCRs that you can get for $30 and tapes that you can use over and over with no monthly fees (or just one big honkin' fee straight up front) it still will be a few years before it becomes more widespread.  For example - I would buy one for my parents right now as I think they would love it but at $150 (after rebates and such) plus monthly fees (which I don't feel like explaining or paying for every month if they do love it), or the extra $300 for a lifetime subscription it is a bit pricey.  All that aside, it is the way things are going. I am actually more interested in the networks/advertisers looking for a new and better way to get viewing statistics and keeping quality programs on the air.  The current system may have worked great before the current TV age (say 1989 and before) but I believe the networks are loosing out on possible income by sticking to tried and true safe methods.  Many people say that they would be happy to help finance a show that they loved.  I'm sure there is a way to actually accomplish this.  Especially with the way the internet has opened up so many doors of communication and exchange.  It's a bit of dreamy speculation, I know, but I do think it is possible.  I would gladly shell out some cash to keep a show I loved on the air.  I think these boards existance is proof that people will pay what they can to save something they truly enjoy. [/tangent]</blockquote>

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