at a recent TV critics' conflab, Kellner suggested that the "free lunch" consumers have enjoyed with broadcast television could be destroyed by PVR use. according to Kellner's calculations, people could wind up paying as much as $250 a year to support his salary.

apparently, he had no ready comment about what innovative ideas the networks were hatching to adapt to growing PVR use. like his corporate stable-mates in the music industry, his business model appears to be sacrosanct; paying for it is the consumer's burden.