Verizon sent me an email saying that I would get to see the latest Jersey Shore show. I just LOLed.
My child will be unhappy about losing Nick, but she gets a lot of what she wants from streaming services anyway. -- David Risner Programmer, MERLOT CSU Office of the Chancellor > On Mar 21, 2019, at 1:52 PM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]> 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]. > For more options, visit 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. -- 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.
