That was discussed in the old thread. It was one of my gripes, and was part of my argument that a provider should not be allowed to own a network. I argued that this shows an attempt to eliminate the competition, and others stated that there are more than two options.
...until Locast expands to more markets.
Because the final season of Game of Thrones starts on April 14th...
Do you think a TV show would be the game changer? That is hard to believe. I feel if Dish & AT&T can get to some reasonable agreement without over charging for viewers the HBO through Dish does not have, maybe something will happen. If Direct TV can offer HBO for $5, then AT&T should offer the same for any satellite or cable service. But what is fair is this day and age.Oh course with streaming, the viewer can sub directly to HBO & Cinemax.
I answered your question “why April?” GOT has a cult following and has been called the greatest TV series, ever. Your question was in reply to a prior statement that said if HBO is not back by April it never will be. There are many ways for GOT to be had without Dish and Dish knows it. They are not going to be held hostage or lose money with a bad deal. They will just walk away....
It worked before. Look at when the AMC dispute finally ended, only a couple of weeks into the season of The Walking Dead. (AMC had already made the first episode of that season available streaming for free.) Of course, in that dispute, Dish's position was that they could give each subscriber who complained about missing The Walking Dead (or any other AMC show) a bill credit to cover the cost of streaming that show, and it would be cheaper than paying AMC what they were demanding. If the same principle holds true here, any Dish subscriber who complains about missing Game of Thrones could get an additional credit on their Dish bill to cover the cost of streaming HBO.
Actually they already are, those that subscribed to HBO. They are getting a $15 reduction, per month. That just happens to be the cost of HBO Now. I don’t see them crediting non subs $15 because they weren’t paying for it to begin with.It worked before. Look at when the AMC dispute finally ended, only a couple of weeks into the season of The Walking Dead. (AMC had already made the first episode of that season available streaming for free.) Of course, in that dispute, Dish's position was that they could give each subscriber who complained about missing The Walking Dead (or any other AMC show) a bill credit to cover the cost of streaming that show, and it would be cheaper than paying AMC what they were demanding. If the same principle holds true here, any Dish subscriber who complains about missing Game of Thrones could get an additional credit on their Dish bill to cover the cost of streaming HBO.
