So Direct TV SUCKS RIGHT NOW!!

RedBedroom wrote:Oh, Cheaps I hope you get your stations back. I know you like VH1 with their reality shows.

Thanks Red, I really do

I was talking to someone about it and they said it didn't seem like either side was backing down. Time Warner must be happier than a pig in shit right now.

Cheaps wrote:Thanks Alan

Does anyone else have Direct TV know better what's goin on? From what I understand Viacom tryna raise the rates so DTV can keep these channels, and Direct TV is saying we (customers) shouldn't have to pay more.

CeCe wrote:

This is pretty much it Cheaps. Greedy bastards trying to get more money from other greedy bastards & the cost will get passed to the consumer. Time Warner is going through a similar thing right now but on a smaller scale. Hearst is blocking their signal because they want an almost 300% increase. I say fuck 'em. Give me the NBC affiliate in another state & I'm fine with that. We all pay too much now as it is.

Nystyle709 wrote:And I was thinking about getting satellite. Dah well. I'm about to cancel my cable anyway.

RedBedroom wrote:

CeCe, what is Time Warner in danger of losing? I have them and did not hear anything about it.

Hearst yanks stations from Time Warner Cable: Carriage disputes multiply as Viacom feuds with DirecTVCarriage battles are busting out all over, turning a sleepy post-holiday week into a battleground as Hearst Television yanked its broadcast station signals from Time Warner Cable at midnight.

Jill Goldsmith Variety

11:45 p.m. CDT, July 10, 2012

Carriage battles are busting out all over, turning a sleepy post-holiday week into a battleground as Hearst Television yanked its broadcast station signals from Time Warner Cable at midnight.


Time Warner Cable called the move "unfair to customers and unsustainable for our business." It said Hearst demanded an "outrageous" 300% fee increase.

Hearst said through an affiliate website that "notwithstanding our best efforts to reach a new carriage agreement, we were unable to do so." It apologized to viewers.

The news was somewhat overshadowed by Viacom's threat to pull its cable networks, including Comedy Central, MTV Networks and Nickelodeon, off DirecTV's 20 million subscriber systems on Tuesday night if those two companies can't reach a new rate agreement.

With programming costs rising, consumers strapped for cash and the media landscape shifting fast, content and distribution companies are testing each other like never before to see where the limits lie.

Hearst owns ABC affiliates in Pittsburgh, Boston, Portland, Maine, and Lincoln, Neb.; NBC affiliates in Cincinnati, Hartford, Vt., Plattsburgh, N.Y., and Winston-Salem, N.C.; a CBS affiliate in Louisville; and an ABC and a CW affiliate in Kansas City, Mo.

"Hearst Television has chosen to black out their signals from our customers rather than continue negotiations, despite their CEO saying just two weeks ago that broadcaster blackouts are unfair to consumers. Time Warner Cable has reached hundreds of agreements with other broadcasters without broadcaster blackouts, but Hearst's demand for a nearly 300% increase is way out of line," Time Warner said in a statement. "Despite Hearst's blackout, we stand ready to continue negotiations and are hopeful that their stations will be returned to our lineups shortly."

The carriage agreement expired at midnight after having been extended for a week for the two sides to negotiate.

The website of Hearst's Pittsburgh station WTAE-ABC said, "We cannot predict if or when discussions with Time Warner will resume or if or when WTAE's programming will be restored on Time Warner systems."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201207101659reedbusivarietynvr1118056412-20120710,0,6725507.story

Tony Marino wrote:

If you have Time Warner NY they SUCK my Dad had them and I was always fighting with them about raising their prices. Directv is pretty good and they don't raise their prices every other month.