Dang, I forgot to include the link: http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/hearst-stations-actively-seeking-to-end-directv-blackout/183606
On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 3:43:08 PM UTC-6, Marti Lawrence wrote: > > So another "carriage" dispute over who pays how much for DirecTV > re-transmitting station content owned by Hearst Television, has put > millions of satellite customers in the position of having no ABC > programming available through their satellite system. I am affected > somewhat by this, as we live in a rural area that can only get cable > programming via a satellite dish. We have had DirecTV since 2000 and for > the most part it has served us well. We have a few issued during heavy > thunderstorms, but it is generally reliable and I like the lineup the > basic, inexpensive package offers us. > But this argument has caused the DTV to display a blue screen with a > message about the financial disagreement, instead of ABC programming and > local news. We are fortunate to have an antenna as well, so we can switch > to TV to watch shows, but if there is a conflict with two or more programs > on at the same time, we have no way to record from the TV, as we got rid of > the old VCRs when we got the DirecTV DVR. Many of my friends don't have an > antenna though, and are extremely irate (especially retirees or the > disabled, who watch TV virtually all day long) about the situation. I find > it frustrating that two giant corporations have to use the viewers as pawns > in their disagreement. We all know you will decide on a price halfway > between what is offered and what is asked. Just do it. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
