no because its 17 channels...Vi a-hole is counted HD channels twice (once as SD once as HD)
I've posted it a couple times in the thread the 16 (but found out MTV India is one too) channels total
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no because its 17 channels...Vi a-hole is counted HD channels twice (once as SD once as HD)
I've posted it a couple times in the thread the 16 (but found out MTV India is one too) channels total
OK. Now that's just f**king wrong. Talk about screwing the whole public. By doing this, they're getting everybody involved in a fight that doesn't have to do with them if they're not D* subs. This is the first time I've seen a programmer be this active in a dispute and in the end, it's all gonna come back to bite them in their asses.
I just feel sorry for my neighbor as he just switched to D* about 2 weeks ago and now has to deal with this mess. But then again, he might not watch any of those channels so it might no affect him. All I know is that I'm not even a D* sub and I'm getting annoyed by this fiasco because I think what Viacom is doing is just wrong, plain and simple.
i feel the same way. i used to love TVLand but it's horrible these days, more new shows than old ones. UFC is on FX now instead of spike, so i'm good. i know others like these channles though. just wish we could choose whether or not we get them.
I called Viacom.... When they finally answered the only thing I could get to come out of my mouth is... "You are a$$hol3s!.... Don't know where that came from... Maybe cause my three children have been mad all day because of this...
How about a reduction in our monthly bills for the missing channels? Sounds fair to me besides everything else seems to be market driven.
Did you expect Viacom to issue a statement that would make THEM look bad?
Well, they pretty much proved they were the ones pulling channels by pulling their offerings from their website, and putting every potential viewer in the middle of their spat with DTV. That said, a lot of their viewers watch stuff like Teen Mom and Jersey Shore, so they've proven they'll lap up any garbage Viacom has fed them in the first place.
How so?
One thing is for sure, these dopey band width consuming niche channels that 37 people per week watch would disappear. Who cares.
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Lets see... if we do Viacom Math, its 2 cents per channel, which they claim there are 26 channels, so 26 x .02 is .52 cents a month time 20,000,000 customers, thats $10,400,000 a month increase. So over a year thats a $124,800,000 increase. (and thats on top of what they were already paying.)
Yup thats just pennies.
But, didn't Viacom say "pennies a day"?
Even though it will never happen I think we should see a credit on our next bill. Because when I get my new bill on July 23 Directv is going to bill me as if they have the Viacom channels. So since they don't they shouldn't be able to bill me for them.
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I did as well. I'm am wondering which genius made this decision.
How in any way does that hurt anyone but themselves ?
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