Genre Packs from DIRECTV

[jamieh1]

MeTV now included in the Entertainment genre pack.

 

[jamieh1]

Can confirm C-Span 3 is now available on the News genre pack but not on regular Directv signature stream package.

 

[Mr Tony]

Heroes and Icons now in entertainment pack

 

[jamieh1]

They need a locals mini genre pack now.

 

[harshness]

They need a locals mini genre pack now.

Don't hold your breath on them being able to work a deal with the networks.

 

[Bruce]

Don't hold your breath on them being able to work a deal with the networks.

It is not the Networks that have a issue, it is the affiliates.

DirecTV already has a deal with Fox, NBC and now, CBS, to be a part of genre packs, but that is largely O&O Stations.

 

[harshness]

It is not the Networks that have a issue, it is the affiliates.

In the streaming space, the deals are often made with the networks themselves. DBS and cable are the ones that have to do battle with the affiliates.

 

[b4pjoe]

In the streaming space, the deals are often made with the networks themselves. DBS and cable are the ones that have to do battle with the affiliates.

Then why are only the O&O locals the only ones available on the genre packs?

 

[harshness]

Then why are only the O&O locals the only ones available on the genre packs?

Because DIRECTV hasn't followed the template that other companies are using for their carriage agreements.

 

[b4pjoe]

Because DIRECTV hasn't followed the template that other companies are using for their carriage agreements.

Lets see some evidence to backup that claim. Do you really think DIRECTV asked the networks that they only wanted the O&O locals?

 

[Bruce]

In the streaming space, the deals are often made with the networks themselves.

But DirecTV is not streaming only, so they cannot just make the deals with the networks alone.

Since YTTV is, for one example, streaming only, they can avoid dealing with the affiliates.

By the way, the affiliates are trying to change that.

 

[harshness]

But DirecTV is not streaming only, so they cannot just make the deals with the networks alone.

This may be their undoing. I'm guessing DISH didn't make that choice when negotiating Sling carriage contracts.

 

[b4pjoe]

This may be their undoing. I'm guessing DISH didn't make that choice when negotiating Sling carriage contracts.

Aren't the Sling locals just O&O channels too? And Sling doesn't have any CBS or CW locals. All of my locals are not O&O channels and none are available via Sling. It appears Sling is falling into the same category as the DIRECTV Genre packages as far as locals go. They would have to deal with the affiliates just like DIRECTV has to.