Well, there use to be places, called 'libraries', which had printed materials called 'books', which you opened, and read. Admission was free, though a small fee, if you were late returning borrowed materials. The internet costs a lot less than cable TV, free, if you have a generous neighbor or hotspot nearby, for which you might find a few episodes of your favorite cable shows. Broadcast TV isn't so bad, since the digital conversion, you might get to like some of the PBS programming, which seems to be the majority of the English speaking stations, though there are quite a few religious channels too (hide you wallet, or you won't save anything). I've never had pay TV, so can't comprehend the addiction, but I can't really get in to sitting through a program or movie, first commercial, and I usually find something more interesting to work on... There's a FOX channel, but don't think it's the same as your favorite news channel, seems to be mostly sports here.