Sling Says Comcast’s NBC O&Os Won’t Run Its Ads Criticizing Cable

[dfergie]

Sling took a shot at Comcast-owned NBC today, charging that — in contrast to ABC, CBS, and Fox — its owned stations won’t accept ads for the Dish Network-owned service’s low-priced streaming TV package.

NBC-owned stations in San Diego, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. specifically rejected the ads, Sling says. The inaugural campaign, introduced last week, playfully likens cable companies to schoolyard bullies that force customers to agree to long-term contracts, and expensive programming bundles with hidden fees and poor customer service. NBC confirmed but had no comment.

“The refusal to air our campaign endorses the ads’ central truth: there are traditional pay-TV players that just don’t get it,” Sling CEO Roger Lynch says in a blog post.

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[dfergie]

 

[Yespage]

Rats. This probably means NBC like channels such as NBCSN won't be coming to SlingTV any time soon.

 

[king3pj]

The inaugural campaign, introduced last week, playfully likens cable companies to schoolyard bullies that force customers to agree to long-term contracts, and expensive programming bundles with hidden fees and poor customer service. NBC confirmed but had no comment.

“The refusal to air our campaign endorses the ads’ central truth: there are traditional pay-TV players that just don’t get it,” Sling CEO Roger Lynch says in a blog post.

deadline.com

This part is funny to me since Dish is guilty of some of those same things they are criticizing.