Fox COO Chase Carey: ‘A La Carte Cable is a Farce’

Customers who hope that cable companies will allow them to subscribe on a channel-by-channel basis need a reality check, 21st Century Fox COO Chase Carey said. “A la carte cable is a farce,” Carey told the Wall Street heavy audience. ”People want bundles, they just want different bundles.” Professional allegiances aside, Carey said that the idea of a la carte is being used by cable providers to “drag, in some manner, Washington into the discussion.”