Is anyone really surprised we didn't get the Viacom HD today? T.I.D. This is the same E* that told us we'd have all this HD by the end of last year.
Yea, in a way I am. I would have bet quite a bit that Charlie, being so definitive, wouldn't simply disregard his verbal commitments.
I guess I underestimated how little regard he has for his subscribers, especially those of us on this board (which, admittedly, comprise only a small fraction of the base).
But, face it, we have only ourselves (including me, of course) to blame. Charlie has learned that regardless of the stunts he pulls there is a lot of
sturm und drang but very little (at least so far) subscriber loss due to lack of national HD. We scream and threaten but when push comes to shove our reaction to this sort of thing is to come back asking for more. Do you blame him for acting the way he does? No consequences.