Intel is reportedly on the cusp of delivering something that consumers around the world have been wanting for a long, long time.

Kelly Clay at Forbes reports Intel is going to blow up the cable industry with its own set-top box and an unbundled cable service.

Clay says Intel is planning to deliver cable content to any device with an Internet connection. And instead of having to pay $80 a month for two hundred channels you don't want, you'll be able to subscribe to specific channels of your choosing...

Before anyone gets too excited, Janko Roettgers at GigaOm is skeptical it happens. Roettgers knows the TV business very well.

The reason its unlikely to happen is that content companies don't really want to see cable blown up. It's been very good to them.

Time will tell but I think it's a great idea.
http://www.businessinsider.com/intel-cab...1#ixzz2GkSFccYf

This will never work. The whole system is based on bundling garbage with a couple prime pieces to keep the thing afloat. If you look closely, most cable channels are owned by a handful of players. You think Viacom or NBC Universal will let you take just one of their channels without taking their whole lineup? Not likely. If this ends up happening, individual channels will cost so much that you would have been better off just paying for the package.

Wow! I do wish it would happen! Almost every channel has gone to this stupid reality "stuff" that's boring as well as ridiculous. I can't believe it when I'm trying to find something decent to watch. I would also like to have MSNBC and CNN gone from my box.