If Dish drops AMC, will you drop dish??
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Didn't think that would matter. Would have been better to just leave (yes/no/maybe), but that is to be expected of course.
Ditto. I'll get my AMC shows another way if I HAVE to, but I'd really rather be able to use my newly-acquired Hopper system. I've been with Dish for a long time and was out of contract for several years, decided to renew when the Hopper came out and now this happens? Not amused, but I still have hopes they'll come to terms.
Given our limited programming on dish with the welcome pack, amc has gained a following with my wife. If it goes she will just have to live with it. The welcome pack is here to stay in my house & there will be no package changes either.
Which is on point to Dish's claim that AMC is overvalued, no?
Yep, I used to watch AMC and IFC, back before the shadows...
Unless one of the AMC channels is a widespread public passion that is all the rage at the water cooler, I can't see why having them linear is of absolute necessity. Most of the better programming will eventually become available through alternate media.
If DISH dropped a channel that begs to be watched live (as DIRECTV did with VERSUS), that's a different story.
If DISH dropped a channel that begs to be watched live (as DIRECTV did with VERSUS), that's a different story.
They will. Charlie cleverly put them between a rock and a place...they don't give in and they lose a major revenue stream. THEN, with the potential loss of several million viewers, (and in their case, every little bit hurts) AMC's advertisers start to renegotiate their rates. They can't afford not to play ball with Dish.
Mojo Jojo said:Yes, there would be a lot of switchin goin on!
Did everyone switch when DirecTV dropped G4 or when Dish dropped Fuse? (Cable drops channels as well. However, one will have to insert their local cable provider if one is available along with the dropped channel.)
The only other solution would be to sub to multiple providers...
I'm one of those who spend a small fortune to have it all. I'm sure there are others like me?
So I have backup just in case silliness happens
I won't. I don't get AMC anyways. I MAY upgrade next week for some DVR action with the Death Wish marathon. When we previously had the channel that was about the only time I watched it (in hindsight). I just hope some replacements are made available if they are, in fact, removed. There would have been a time I might have left over IFC. They have moved from what was once their core programming and replaced it with stuff such as Malcolm and all those commercials. That was the reason I went back to Dish America Silver to start with.
james_k_p said:
I'm with you. Outside of the Death Wish marathon, I like the network for the horror movies in October. Not to get my good buddy gpollock started but I can think of a replacement there.
It is AMC's loss not Dish's as I doubt with all the cool things going on with the hopper that people would leave because of a channel that shows movies from 10+ years ago.
empiretc said:
You do realize this poll may be slightly biases since it's in the SatelliteGuys Dish Network forum and not the CableGuys AMC Networks forum...right? It is important to view all credible sources of information in order to each a reasonable conclusion.
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You do realize this poll may be slightly biases since it's in the SatelliteGuys Dish Network forum and not the CableGuys AMC Networks forum...right? It is important to view all credible sources of information in order to each a reasonable conclusion.
This is the perfect place for it. You wouldn't go ask a bunch of vegetarians what their favorite steak is........ right???
Perfect place to ask. As to you don't see people leave when channels are dropped by providers in general, that it's more huffing and puffing, I might agree, but the examples used may not be fair. G4 or Fuse? The AMC channels may be less watched than before but are in a different league than channels like that. I can see some people deciding they really want those channels. But wholesale fleeing, not even close.
