Verizon in talks to charge for TV channels based on real viewing time

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Verizon in talks to charge for TV channels based on real viewing time" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/44ni620.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Few of us like paying for TV we don't use, and there's been attempts to fix a broken model that makes TV providers pay for channels in blocks, no matter the viewer interest. Verizon's lead programming negotiator, <span>Terry Denson, has told the </span><span><em>Wall Street Journal </em>that</span><span> a more logical usage-based approach may come to </span>FiOS TV<span>. The telecom firm is in talks with mid-size and smaller content companies to </span>pay for channels only based on how long we watch: Verizon would pay whenever a subscriber tunes in for at least five minutes. In theory, it's a win-win strategy that lowers Verizon's overhead (and hopefully ours) while rewarding the more successful smaller channels. Of course, there's no guarantee that a deal will go through -- and while Verizon will ask about a similar model when renewing major contracts, Cablevision's battle shows how much media giants will resist disruption of a steady revenue stream.</div></div>

Verizon in talks to charge for TV channels based on real viewing time

  Few of us like paying for TV we don't use, and there's been attempts to fix a broken model that makes TV providers pay for channe...

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