Directv dispute with Viacom IS OVER!

[Scott Greczkowski]

Thats Viacom counting that way.

I am having a good time taking shots at Viacom on their facebook page

WhenDirectvDrops | Facebook

I have turned most people who were bitching about DIRECTV into people who are now upset with Viacom.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Lol.

I thought they would have the most to benefit in skewing the count, not Directv.

 

[shkarter1985]

If Viacom forced to pull BET off tonight. No more Wendy Williams, because unfortunately our market DMA #37 Greenville, SC does not carry Wendy Williams in first-run syndication at ALL. I know Columbia, Charleston, and Myrtle Beach carries Wendy Williams, jealous. Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson/Asheville Viewers who love Wendy Williams will be DENIED to see her unless they're lucky enough picking up an OTA signal from adjacent market that carries her show.

Greenville, SC are the unlucky ones and lame, sorry I have to say this folks.

 

[whitewolf8214]

Thats Viacom counting that way.

I am having a good time taking shots at Viacom on their facebook page

WhenDirectvDrops | Facebook

I have turned most people who were bitching about DIRECTV into people who are now upset with Viacom.

Keep at it I will join you in attacking them

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Keep at it I will join you in attacking them

I believe that Viacom has a right to demand more money, to me thats not an issue. The issue is the ads they are showing is saying that "DIRECTV IS DROPPING 26 CHANNELS" when in reality it should say "Viacom is forcing DIRECTV to drop 26 Channels."

 

[cj_views]

The whole industry is greedy and out of whack. These content providers such as Viacom have always been using subscribers (hostages) as pawns for their blackmailing. My solution is DTV should revamp its business model completely in that DTV should eliminate packages in its entirety.

All channel selections will be made through an “a la carte” format where Viacom and fellow jokers will be raising their subscription fees directly on subscribers as per channel basis and NOT through a bundle against en masse.

As subscribers, we can just simply pick and choose, and drop whichever channel that we no longer favor and let’s see how fast Viacom’s stock gets plummeted. As an added benefit there will be no more BS channels like the shopping networks, religious networks, etc. that will be subsidized because it will be an "a la carte" basis.

 

[shkarter1985]

IMHO Retransmission Consent must die! Tired of the madness, period.

 

[whitewolf8214]

I believe that Viacom has a right to demand more money, to me thats not an issue. The issue is the ads they are showing is saying that "DIRECTV IS DROPPING 26 CHANNELS" when in reality it should say "Viacom is forcing DIRECTV to drop 26 Channels."

I agree Scott 100% the lies trying to make Directv the bad guy when Viacom is the liar and bad guy in this...But how how much is too much

 

[Murph74]

I see it as a dual fault scenario. As Dangue said, Viacom did give Direct an extra 10 days or so to try to work things out in good faith. If there's no movement from the other side (DTV) towards an amicable solution, when do you pull the plug or play hardball? The answer is apparently "after 10 days".

Truth is, I'm already fed up with DTV over two equipment issues they wanted to bill me for and am likely to drop this month anyway. But if they take 26 channels away even for a day, I somehow don't see them crediting everyone's bill on a pro-rated basis for lost time as they should. Of course, with this group of channels, I can't see them actually going dark either. Hope I'm wrong as I love a good P.R. battle, but somehow I think by Midnight both sides will be claiming a victory and Snooki will continue to be an unwanted visitor in most of your homes. Haha

 

[ashutto20]

I dont understand though that if/when stations are dropped to save us money on the bill why I never see my total go down ...

please explain haha

 

[andrewj0781]

Anybody got video / pictures of both of them with their crawls on the channels at the same time?

This is on my SD TV so it's not the best video but this is the best I could do last night.

 

[Murph74]

Oh, and here's a couple links to help explain just how rough things are for the two companies in today's financial climate to help keep things in perspective.

Viacom profit up 56%, boosted by higher cable fees - latimes.com

DirecTV profit up; adds fewer US subs than expected | Reuters

If you don't want to click, it's ok. Just two articles from reputable sources detailing how profits are already up at both companies for the year to date. So yeah, they NEED to raise prices.

 

[Neutron]

I think it's well overdue for everyone to have an a la carte option....

 

[gadgtfreek]

I love this LOL


Q: Why is Viacom telling customers it could lose more networks than Directv acknowledges

A:
Viacom’s double-counting eight networks that are already available in high definition. They’re counting both the high definition and old standard definition version of the same network to pad their total.


Dumbarse's

 

[mdram]

oooh oooh, maybe directv is hoping the stations are pulled to free up bandwidth for other hd stations like bbchd, fearnet, ect

 

[shkarter1985]

Here's my YouTube rant video I did two months ago on the controversial retransmission consent law. Enjoy!

 

[whitewolf8214]

Thats Viacom counting that way.

I am having a good time taking shots at Viacom on their facebook page

WhenDirectvDrops | Facebook

I have turned most people who were bitching about DIRECTV into people who are now upset with Viacom.

Keep up the great job Scott and to you and ty to you ad all your admins for all they do

 

[televisionarchives]

Is Gene Wilder busy? We need someone in the middle here to fix this dispute. He's a miracle worker

 

[gpollock87]

oooh oooh, maybe directv is hoping the stations are pulled to free up bandwidth for other hd stations like bbchd, fearnet, ect

I wish you luck in getting FEARnet

 

[shkarter1985]

I know Richard Pryor died in 2005, but Wilder is still alive.