So far, the most hilarious thing about the situation is that Viacom is running "your satellite provider may be dropping this channel soon" graphics on their channels on DirecTV -- and each time one appears, DirecTV has been covering it up with a black bar, which they have to do manually, so there's a couple seconds each time when the message is visible. I'm sure DirecTV's master control operators are having a fun time. The problem from my perspective is that it covers up the lower-third graphics on "The Daily Show."
Yes, apparently Viacom has the capability to run the message only on the channel receiver/descramblers that reside at DirecTV. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To:"TV or not TV" <[email protected]> Cc: Sent:Thu, 21 Mar 2019 16:41:49 -0400 Subject:Re: [TV orNotTV] DirecTV May Lose Tons of Channels On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 9:33 AM <[email protected] [1]> wrote: Viacom has already started doing ad drops (I know this because they've played in between Words with Friends games on my AT&T phone). History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes; AT&T will follow with their ad drops. The two sides will come to an 11th hour agreement. Your bill will go up. Sometimes the best move is not to play. It seems like every few months there's this game of chicken between a behemoth media company and a cable/satellite/telco company over carriage rights. I don't wish the tension on any subscriber who fears losing access to favorite shows and it always seems that an agreement comes through in the end. I am starting to wonder, however, as the media companies adapt to reality with cord cutters, if one of these disputes goes toxic and they don't reach an agreement. -- 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] [2]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout [3]. Links: ------ [1] mailto:[email protected] [2] mailto:[email protected] [3] https://groups.google.com/d/optout -- 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.
