FCC expected to OK a la carte pricing for TV channels

It's funny how cyclical life and business can get. CNN Money reports the FCC is expected to approve a la carte pricing for individual channels, instead of the bundled packages. This is making its way around the blogosphere will varied reactions...but I recall a time when this used to be the norm.

My mom took my sister and I in the early 80's to the cable company to sign up for The Disney Channel. Then in my teens, I got my dad HBO for Christmas. And Cinemax, Showtime and the like followed. These days you can get a ton of stuff on multiple derived tiers, like HBO, HBO2, HBO Family for a premium price. I've got all three and I never watch the latter two.

I'm in favor of the FCC's decision as it'll make enjoying exactly what I want and save me some money. But it's interesting how the more we apparently innovate, we revert to older processes.