Tired of forking over hundreds of dollars for cable channels that aren’t always available? DirecTV may have a solution, albeit a controversial one.
The satellite content distributor said Sunday it would give its subscribers the choice to “opt out” of receiving the feeds of local TV stations “for as long as they want,” and get a discount for doing so. Customers who choose to do so will reduce their bills by $12 a month, or $144 a year. DirecTV said subscribers could test out the feature by cutting local stations in the summer, when most TV networks show repeats in primetime, and start watching them again in the fall
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