You go girl!
Stacy A said:
There is no possible way that Dish can make it without Viacom. If they decide to leave Viacom behind, then there would be two DBS companies to choose from, both with about the same rates, but one is missing some of the channels the other offers. So, DirectTV would look like the better value to a prospective new customer: for about the same amount, I would get more channels. Why would I choose Dish?
I don't know what the truth is in all this, but I do know I've lost some channels. We use our CBS-W channel as a time shift for stuff we missed at our local time and my kids miss Spongebob and Rugrats. You're right, they do need to spend more time outside, so this could be a good thing, but I want the freaking channels back, but I don't want to pay anything more for them.
Stacy
Ditto.
I'm going to go start a new thread related to this very topic, if it doesn't already exist, which will read "how many weeks until you leave dish for this?"
My timeline is 2 weeks from today. After that, if they don't have an agreement, I'm gone. I have local cable (now with HD) available, DirecTV available, local OTA HD (ABC,CBS,NBC,WB,PBS,FOX) available. Why would I stick with a carrier that penalizes me - the customer - rather than coming to an arrangement with the content producer that I want? They can either provide the content I want, or I can move on.
Unfortunately, I see too many people who think this is in their best interest, and I'll go out on a limb and say that there's no way this will work out to their good. If all else fails, once all the irritated customers like me leave, Dish will have to raise its rates to offset its losses. Then, you pay more, and still don't have Viacom, AND no new customers are going to choose the 2nd-best satellite company for the same cost, while lacking these standard channels. Unless Viacom is *really* hard up for money, Dish needs Viacom more than Viacom needs Dish, and hence, Dish cannot win.
If this isn't resolved within 2 weeks, this is bad for all.
-NICK