These analogies are interesting and all. And we can nitpick them or think of new and better ones all day long. But this is a very simple issue. I don't care what anybody else thinks about AMC or how many other people watch it. I don't care about the reason Dish dropped them. I don't care about how big or small subscriber losses may be or what the impact on Dish may be. I don't care about Dish's negotiating strategy, management philosophy, business model or stock price. All I care about is whether the provider I pay every month (Dish at the moment) carries the channels I want. They did when I signed up, and now they don't. So I'm switching to the provider that does carry the channels I want.
DISH Drops AMC Networks (AMC Back on DISH channel 131)
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gpollock87 said:i know its a good channel and dish needs to see that. my FEARnet facebook page disappeared so i am back to the group i created before the page. i will never quit asking for it
"I will never quit asking for it.". I've seen a lot of Lifetime movies where guys made that statement and it didn't turn out good for the girls.
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Thanks for posting. I saw this on FB but by the time I got around to it they had already deleted it.
This whole thing is crazy!!!!
Let's make one thing clear.
You mean "What the TV business has become for DISH subscribers".
This does not happen with Comcast, or Time-Warner, or BrightHouse, etc.
There is only one place that this practice is "business as usual".
Very good point. While other carriers do have occasional disagreements with providers, they are usually settled quickly, quietly, and often with no interruption of programming. That is almost never the case with Dish.
Well, there you go, now we know who to blame for losing AMC.
YOU! :director:
Your demands were so overwhelming they caved in and had to make room for FearNet.
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omg. gutter mind!!! hahaha"I will never quit asking for it.". I've seen a lot of Lifetime movies where guys made that statement and it didn't turn out good for the girls.
As I hope most would do, along with equipment, PQ, and reliability. And if that's all that was being posted, people feeling Dish does not have the channels they want, who could say different? So happens Dish has the real important channels to our family, in some cases others do not in HD, or others do not at all.
I sure appreciate you not calling me silly. But look at the give away/take away channel scenario like this. If your company gives you a pay raise you accept it because they obviously feel that you deserve it. You're happy and they think that's a good thing. Even if you don't necessarily feel you deserve the pay raise the gesture certainly makes you feel like a valued employee and of course that breeds loyalty. However, if they institute a pay cut, that's a whole different ballgame. Dish can give me all the new channels it wants and even if I don't ever watch them I most certainly appreciate the gesture. On the flip side, if they take away channels, devaluing my agreed upon package ( I know I know, the agreement states that they can do whatever they want), then I feel taken advantage of. If anybody out there has ever taken a pay reduction you know what I mean. Especially if they tell you it's for your own long term benefit.
I'm a Dish Fan now too? Wow ...I feel so warm & fuzzy inside!
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I agree that content is king, but using a cable DVR that's a piece of crap becomes very frustrating. I had a Motorola DVR from Insight and it was totally unresponsive to the remote 95% of the time. I swore I would never go back to them.
Ghpr13
I know. I'm dreading it. But I'm hoping I can limp along until THIS wonderful device comes out.I agree that content is king, but using a cable DVR that's a piece of crap becomes very frustrating. I had a Motorola DVR from Insight and it was totally unresponsive to the remote 95% of the time. I swore I would never go back to them.
Ghpr13
At least you're going into it with open eyes! Can't deny the channel lineup is important.
Good idea, but the moment I buy a lifetime subscription, my cable company is sure to drop AMC
I was watching a little bit of Dirty Harry on AMC earlier and they showed a Hopper commercial. Kind of odd if Dish is seriously gonna drop them, don't ya think?
