Pulled the Plug

[KazooGuy]

Between the high prices, the lack of interesting programming and being switched to the Eastern Arc, where Dish Techs could not find a way to keep my signal going out every time it rained moderately, I called and cancelled my account today.

I just do not watch enough television to justify the cost and aggravation. Overall it has been an enjoyable 11 years DISH and even with retention specialists offer of $50 a month off my AT200 package, I stuck to my guns and had them pull the plug.

Adios Amigos!

 

[Magic Static]

I pulled the plug on them a couple years back and never regretted it. While I have internet, I don't pay for any TV/video services There is enough OTA & FTA for my family's needs.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Enjoy the ota while it lasts. They big media companies are lobbying over time in congress to eliminate this FREE ota service, because it cuts into their profits.

 

[KazooGuy]

Enjoy the ota while it lasts. They big media companies are lobbying over time in congress to eliminate this FREE ota service, because it cuts into their profits.

I look at this from the opposite side in that the more retransmission battles are joined the more likely one of your local stations is pulled or kicked from a pay service and this will make free OTA a must in the eyes of the government. Look how long it took them to pull the analog signal because they just could not accept that folks were ready for it even though they had been warned and told time and again. Even then they stepped in with discounts given out to help pay for converter boxes. No, I foresee free OTA here for at least my lifetime and after that I really do not care what they do.

 

[ChadT41]

I can see OTA disappearing. It wouldn't surprise me. CBS alone are a bunch of money hungry bastards, who want as many pennies as they can get. Les Moonves is a greedy pig.

 

[DK_Sat]

Here in MD/ DC metro area i scan in about 52 OTA channels.

 

[TheKrell]

Here in MD/ DC metro area i scan in about 52 OTA channels.

True, but because of wall-to-wall advertising, it's unwatchable without a DVR. I don't remember commercials being so ubiquitous when I was a boy.

 

[foghorn2]

True, but because of wall-to-wall advertising, it's unwatchable without a DVR. I don't remember commercials being so ubiquitous when I was a boy.

Boy or girl, it should not matter.

 

[stardust3]

Between the high prices, the lack of interesting programming and being switched to the Eastern Arc, where Dish Techs could not find a way to keep my signal going out every time it rained moderately, I called and cancelled my account today.

I just do not watch enough television to justify the cost and aggravation. Overall it has been an enjoyable 11 years DISH and even with retention specialists offer of $50 a month off my AT200 package, I stuck to my guns and had them pull the plug.

Adios Amigos!

To me that's the big 1 right there & has been for awhile.

 

[rvvaquero]

I quit eating asparagus.

 

[KAB]

I quit eating asparagus.

Huh?

 

[Rey]

I quit eating asparagus.

If the topic doesn't interest you then move along please.

 

[Kraven]

Enjoy the ota while it lasts. They big media companies are lobbying over time in congress to eliminate this FREE ota service, because it cuts into their profits.

Up North...Local stations are forced to broadcast their signals locally and that wont change.
Example, Montreal--> CBC, CTV, Global, CITYtv, SRC, V, TVA, Tele-Quebec, Ami etc Toronto has maybe the double.

 

[osu1991]

I don't see OTA going away as the local affiliates will fight it, but I do see the Big 4 pulling their content and moving it online or to subscription only. Network programming is highly rated, but doesn't even account for 50% of what most local affiliates broadcast.

 

[waylew]

I can see OTA disappearing. It wouldn't surprise me. CBS alone are a bunch of money hungry bastards, who want as many pennies as they can get. Les Moonves is a greedy pig.

As opposed to Micky and Comcast ?

 

[bobvick]

OTA is not going anywhere all this BS is just the NAB trying to get more and more out of retrans. If OTA is going out the door, you need to let the folks at Sinclair, Media General, Gray, and Tribune know, they have spent billions on acquisitions and mergers in the past year.
The networks are not going away from the affiliate model either, they still need the local stations, folks are used to finding ABC on channel X, CBS on channel Y, etc... They won't just follow the shows to a strictly cable only CBS for instance, they will follow that channel. The local presence and content is what makes "network" TV special and still able to garner as much of an audience as it does. Not to mention the ad dollars they would loose. If CBS were just a "cable" network, it would just be another FX, USA, A&E, AMC, etc...

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[Rolling Joe]

OTA is not going anywhere all this BS is just the NAB trying to get more and more out of retrans. If OTA is going out the door, you need to let the folks at Sinclair, Media General, Gray, and Tribune know, they have spent billions on acquisitions and mergers in the past year.
The networks are not going away from the affiliate model either, they still need the local stations, folks are used to finding ABC on channel X, CBS on channel Y, etc... They won't just follow the shows to a strictly cable only CBS for instance, they will follow that channel. The local presence and content is what makes "network" TV special and still able to garner as much of an audience as it does. Not to mention the ad dollars they would loose. If CBS were just a "cable" network, it would just be another FX, USA, A&E, AMC, etc...

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Agree completely. The NAB-Local channel-ABC-NBC-CBS-FOX-Content Company government enabled and enforced monopoly ain't going anywhere, not without a revolution or some other "reset". It really is a license to print money. Get used to it.

And I still don't have enough tuners to record all the cable channels I want on Sunday night. Ironic, isn't it?

 

[Tampa8]

Boy or girl, it should not matter.

Say what now?

 

[ChadT41]

True, but because of wall-to-wall advertising, it's unwatchable without a DVR. I don't remember commercials being so ubiquitous when I was a boy.

 

[bobvick]

Say what now?

Evidently they a.) misread the post, b.) do not have a proper understanding of the English language, or c .) made an attempt to be funny. That's all I could figure.


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