So what happens when the Deathstar takes over Time Warner?
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You are silly..President appoints people who agree with him
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Depends on the plans. The issue I have with ATT purchasing them is the same I would have with viacom, Disney, or any other large company that already has a stronghold on channels in the country. Dish has none, which would get them in the same battleground as their competition. If they had plans similar to that of Blockbuster, I would object to that deal as well.
One analyst said this deal is bad for Dish Network stock. AT&T will be highly leveraged after this deal and won't be bidding up the price of Dish wireless spectrum. I personally would short AT&T stock if it goes up from here.
Ask anyone in the Boston area who watches NBC over the air! And if you don't know what I'm talking about you can get plenty of information if you Google "NBC Boston".
Having bad customer service would happen whether they owned them or not. Even an O&O station. Ultimately, there are still many alternatives. When it comes to those alternatives having to bid for the same thing, that is where the issue lies.
I'm in the Boston DMA. I disagree with what you are implying. NBC and Sunbeam have had issues going back to when WSVN was an NBC affiliate, and they wanted their own O&O in Miami. Comcast owning NBC is a Red Herrin.
It makes sense that NBC would want an O&O in one of the few top 10 markets that they don't already. They openly stated that they prefer to buy WHDH, but Sunbeam won't sell. Therefore, all they can do is move it one of their owned properties. Hence their only option is the poor signaled Channel 60.
This thread started about AT&T merging with Time Warner, which would make them owners of HBO, possibly jacking up the price for non-AT&T cable/sattelite customers. Your point of NBC Boston isn't even in the same ballpark. NBC Boston is affecting signal coverage, because there are crap options for a better signal, not because Comcast is trying to get OTA customers to buy Comcast cable. When they first thought of putting NBC on NECN, that made sense. But, putting it on WNEU doesn't, as they are not trying to jack up the price for Dish, Verizon, and all the other non-Comcast providers.
Goodness. What a lot of conspiracy theorists.
First, this deal is pretty much a mirror of the Comcast - NBCU deal. A content deliverer buying a content maker.
As with that deal, the government will make sure that other content deliverers get access to the content. As does basic economics anyway.
You do notice DirecTV's ROOT sports channels on DISH and cable, right? And Comcast's MSNBC, Golf Ch, and CNBC on DirecTV and DISH, right?
As to the whole political thread, pass. As to the idea that the big evil AT&T is going to quiet its HBO or CNN's leftist ranters, you might want to spend a few minutes at any of 100 political donation websites and find out just how conservative AT&T's upper management is. Which is not very.
First, this deal is pretty much a mirror of the Comcast - NBCU deal. A content deliverer buying a content maker.
As with that deal, the government will make sure that other content deliverers get access to the content. As does basic economics anyway.
You do notice DirecTV's ROOT sports channels on DISH and cable, right? And Comcast's MSNBC, Golf Ch, and CNBC on DirecTV and DISH, right?
As to the whole political thread, pass. As to the idea that the big evil AT&T is going to quiet its HBO or CNN's leftist ranters, you might want to spend a few minutes at any of 100 political donation websites and find out just how conservative AT&T's upper management is. Which is not very.
They have (or had) two more options for a full power stations serving Boston (and not Manchester, NH) that they could attempt to buy, WWDP from EVine Inc or WYDN from Daystar, IF they REALLY care about serving the market. Sounds like they are just trying to line their pockets even more and screw OTA viewers in the process. I look for their experiment to become another WWJ-62 Detroit. At least WWJ was a full power station serving Detroit.
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You mean how Dish and DTV have access to Comcast Sportsnet Philly?
What does DISNEY have to do with AT&T buying Time Warner?
Deathstar = Star Wars = Disney
What could happen is the base price of HBO seems to be anywhere from $15(Now) -$19(DISH) DirecTV subs could get a $5 discount vs. other subs when adding HBO (owned by AT&T at this point) onto their DirecTV bill.(owned by AT&T) Of course this is such a moot point since right now I get HBO for $7.50 through DISH.
For now, My last $7.50 HBO offer didn't show up, Only the $10 option for 12 months was available.
And as a test I went to remove it, and no $7.50 was offered.
But $10 is still a decent price.
Better than $15.
Maybe they don't want to pay.
Correct me if Im wrong, Directv has many other CSN sports channels.
So does Dish.
Weird, just after I posted I went back to mydish account because I remembered my HBO promo ran out on 10/11 and I cancelled it and was offered HBO for $7.50 for six more months. Maybe DISH has limits on how many times you can "game" the system. This will be my second time taking the offer of $7.50 for six months.
Any time there is consolidation in an industry, the result is less competition and of course higher prices and less consumer choice.
As far this deal having a clear path due to any precedent set by Comcast/NBCU?....The FCC and Congress are not at all pleased with the resulting fallout per that deal
I read in one article where Congress is loathe to any further consolidation in media.
I look for this proposal to get a very thorough examination. In fact it may take years.
Remember, the FCC is under no obligation to even make a decision. The filing period for those in support and objection is at the sole discretion of the FCC.
It is my hope this deal never gets done. It is anti consumer and it places far too much control over not only distribution but content as well in the hands of too few companies.
BTW, this proposal looks to me as though it may be a preemptive strike against any a la carte related action And it also appears to be a defense vs cord cutting
The FCC Chair and the members of the commission serve at the pleasure of the President. Meaning, as with any other POTUS appointee, the Chair ZCommission members as well) can be removed at any time at the sole discretion of the POTUS
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