I would rather get the $100k plus the hefty bonus I charge cable companies for offering my network to their customers.
If I started undercutting the cable company offering, I will lose in the end.
Just so you know.... Networks get paid per customer by the cable company to offer their channel(s) to said cable company. They get this even if you never sign up or watch their content.
We are not talking about cable companies here. We are talking about direct streaming to customers.