Its Not Just Dish...
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You don't have to hang around the Dish Forums to know a post or topic was started in it.
I would have thought a guy with an iphone using Tapatalk would have known that.
You don't have to hang around the Dish Forums to know a post or topic was started in it.
I would have thought a guy with an iphone using Tapatalk would have known that.
I think he's saying - " Why are you even posting here?"
Problem is, Comcast (E!, G4, Style, Versus, Golf, et.al.) and Time Warner (CNN, TBS, TNT, Cartoon, HBO, et.al.), not to mention Cablevision (AMC, IFC, We, Fuse, MSG) are themselves content providers.
Not for long if you don't stay on topic.Because I can
Now back on topic please guys.
NY & LA ABC affiliates are affected. If they're not on Time Warner cable when the new fall season starts, ABC's ratings will be in the crapper.
As it is, cable has more pull than satellite in these situations, as people are more liable to switch from sat to cable than vice versa.
Personally if I was Time Warner, I'd drop the bill by the exact amount that goes to ESPN during any outage, showing people exactly how much they pay the mouse.
As it is, cable has more pull than satellite in these situations, as people are more liable to switch from sat to cable than vice versa.
Personally if I was Time Warner, I'd drop the bill by the exact amount that goes to ESPN during any outage, showing people exactly how much they pay the mouse.
Agree , Its much easier to do, and with Phone and internet bundle packs, sometimes much cheaper. Satelllite tv used to be a bargon, lately I'm starting to feel its not anymore.
Dish Drop channels like crazy over 25 in 3 years isn't exactly what I would call a good track record.
You do have a point there, and ultimately that reputation has hurt DISH and in reality the rates between DISH and DIRECTV are still about the same...
Yep, the difference in the cost is about the same but you have a company that drops channels and the other doesn't. I'm sure Directv has had their contract disputes but they handle it better so it doesn't affect their customers.
I don't think that that is legal.
I believe that the feds would get after them big time. Can you say monopoly?
When I had Time Warner and they included a notice in the bill about upcoming channel disputes or contracts ending, they always mentioned that they had to notify customers. I think it had to do with cable being "regulated" by the local governments. In Ohio, it's moved away from the local gov't now and is at the state level, but I don't know if they carried over that clause.
So, don't necessarily think that TW is doing this to be nice, they're doing it by law!
It's not a monopoly. Monopoly is when only (1) entity provides a product or service and has 100% control. What you're referring to is "collusion". Nonetheless, that's not allowed either.
Of course Dish would want that. Companies having labor disputes with unions want the workers to continue working under the terms of the old contract while a new one is worked on. Sure, it helps *both* sides but the company doesn't want production stopped ($$$), lose customers to a competitor, and so on.
If Disney allowed this, Dish would slow their pace knowing nothing's really changed yet, and string Disney along.
Note: By no means do I favor Disney in these disputes. They abuse their "power" with having all of the Disney channels, ESPNs, ABCs, and so on. Dish, on the other hand, and as repeated by others in this thread, should be able to handle things differently.
WHAT???? Oh how quickly people forget.
I went with dish because Versus was not available on Direct. That dispute went for about 6 months, no?
Direct lost a sale because this channel was not available at the time.
There is no perfect solution... whatever suits your needs best.
Yes But over 2 weeks notice, was nice and so was the fact that the channel is back.
I don't believe that would be illegal for all the providers to pool together on negotiations. Aren't they all supposed to be getting the same deal or close to it? That is why channels get dropped. They end up charging more to one provider and then get dropped and usually end up going to court over it.
Disney's true colors have now come out, they do have a dark side. All this time, I thought the name Disney meant the Happiest place on earth, guess not. The almighty dollar can be blamed for all these issues, sad.
