Dish trying to get Disney to kick back some ESPN fees
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Nice thing about the Flex Pack is I don’t have to worry about it.
The Draft was on multiple channels, including locals. It wasn’t just espn. So they offered two shows in a months time?
So what are you watching that you have to subscribe to dish? Sounds to me, that all the “I don’t watch that channel” subscribers have zero reason to subscribe to any cable/dish provider. You guys don’t watch sports, don’t watch Viacom, don’t watch the fox/Disney channels, don’t need to pay for your locals, so what are you paying for? Why even own a tv?
Didn't we get a bunch of freeview stuff? Well, people in Welcome Pack at least? And that was upfront.
ESPN has had no live sports programming on for a month. The only reason to have ESPN is for live sports programming. This would be like TCM not showing classic movies or MTV not showing music videos... okay that second one was a bad example. ESPN's whole purpose doesn't exist right now. With Brady is Tampa, there is almost nothing to even talk about now.
I'm paying less for Starz than people are paying for ESPN at the moment... but I'm getting movies on Starz and almost no advertised programming on ESPN (well, if I got it). So ESPN is not providing sports programming, why should Dish be paying for it.
And it does go down the chain, why should ESPN be paying for the rights to broadcast certain things, if those events aren't happening. But Dish is right to ask for a refund.
That's because there wasn't anything in sports that wasn't a rerun on. It was something "NEW"
As with 100000 other things in all aspects of business relationships in this current crisis, this comes down to contractual language particularly "force majeure" or "act of God" clauses. It will be settled, quietly, meticulously, and professionally by lawyers, executives, accountants, and insurance companies in the coming years, not by making blustering statements in the NY Post tabloid.
Wow, talk about drinking the Kool-aid. What Directv would/would not get really has nothing to do with the discussion. IMO, *IF* Disney offers Charlie a discount (I don't expect it), the only "fair" thing would be to pass the majority (like 95%) of that discount on to HIS customers. WE'RE the ones paying.
Sorry, that's your (and my) opinion. I'm sure there are people who like the non-live sports programming.
They probably also enjoy watching paint dry and grass grow.
Would it be better that he rescinds the credit from anyone receiving a credit currently, and only offer it to those paying for ESPN, and not receiving any credits already(for any reason) since technically, they are not paying it?
I've done that ever since switching to the Flex Pack.
I ‘d probably would get the Flex Pack if they had a few channels I like that are not included in that package, such as American Heroes Channel.
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I don't watch ESPN, so I am more than happy to get rid of it. ESPN should be its own premium channel with its own separate charge.
