(This is not my own idea, read it) In the case of CNN the problem for Turner is allowing any carrier to decide not to carry it, it further diminishes the CNN brand. If CNN was as strong as Fox News, that would be a very different situation.
Thought I read it was Saturday morning... I only say that because I feel like the board is going to go nuts at 8 or 9 pm with people saying "I still have it".
I don't think it was to go away until 8pm tonight
Yes.....Just if just for pure dramatics would be a great ploy....! And then a whole weekend off worry and non stop phone calls to get it back on.....Id bet on it!
I chose a 4 room setup because that is what my family would require,2 room setup is irrelevant in our case.This is also in comparison to vip receivers which we currently have.Anyway,the cost difference is pretty negligible,which goes right back to my original point.If Dish is fighting tooth and nail to keep our prices down,how is it that they are almost or in some cases equal in price to dtv?I'd hate to see dish pricing if they carried sunday ticket and mlb extra innings.lolI agree with your math for four rooms for each. Add $3 to that for those like me that pay the $3 RSN surcharge and it's $8 less a month even for 4 rooms with DISH at this time. That $122 comparison is really fictitious till we see the exact increases for both. It's either $122 or $125 with Direct TV right now and $117 with DISH. Savings are even more for the by far more who have a set up of one, two or three rooms which is my premise. Most people have the VIP receiver and most have one, two, or three receivers.
DISH is less, often much less for those not looking for the whole home set up, I have never tried to see the exact difference with Direct for that. Both seem to be always less than Cable when you can get through Cable's smoke screens about price.
One explanation is most favored nation clauses in contracts. One provider wins a price concession from a content provider and everyone else with such a clause in their contracts also gets that price.I chose a 4 room setup because that is what my family would require,2 room setup is irrelevant in our case.This is also in comparison to vip receivers which we currently have.Anyway,the cost difference is pretty negligible,which goes right back to my original point.If Dish is fighting tooth and nail to keep our prices down,how is it that they are almost or in some cases equal in price to dtv?I'd hate to see dish pricing if they carried sunday ticket and mlb extra innings.lol
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Yep, schlock sells.Politics aside, all news channels got a bump over the Ferguson/NY issues recently. Fox News has been beating CNN in the ratings for years, so "momentum" would not be the correct term. All the "news" channels are no longer "general news channels", so trying to say Fox News is not and CNN or MSNBC is, would be overstating a bit. And last, as for CNN recent ratings, in November 2014, "CNN's Monday’s 9pm ET timeslot on CNN drew 181,000 total viewers, the lowest for the time period since at least Oct. 1, 1991". So, you can let your politics bend your views, but numbers are numbers. Here are the links:
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn-hits-new-ratings-low-monday-night_b245708
Ratings for 12/11/2014
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/12/12/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-december-11-2014/338628/
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for Thursday, December 11, 2014
Total Day P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FOXN 1,287 229 492
CNN 398 106 191
MSNBC 359 80 145
CNBC 167 53 68
FBN 52 13 22
HLN 319 147 192
Just to be clear, I do not watch any of these "news" channels, and I support Dish trying to get the best deal possible, even if it means some down time. I do not subscribe to the "pay whatever they are asking" policy. I am not rich, so I need to save wherever I can.
According to Broadcasting & Cable, the contract expires at 11:59pm tonight (Dec 20).
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/ne...ws-faces-dec-20-contract-deadline-dish/136398
This is why I have a backup in my channels through my cable modem.
I get about 40 SD channels and a few HD channels as a side perk of having internet over cable.
They actually include several channels that I do not get with AT120.