Consider that Charter has put in the requirements that certain cable tier customers get the Disney+ ad tier for free, along with ESPN+ and whatever the over-the-top ESPN streamer is going to be. The same customers are also getting the Paramount+ basic ad tier (with no Showtime) for free and now AMC+ for free (including the linear channel that airs new episodes of their original series a week before the mainline AMC without commercials)..That's going to be the bargaining tools from here on out (and let me say that if I as an HBO subscriber with Comcast get Max for no extra cost, as a subscriber to what is now known as the Paramount+ with Showtime linear channel, I should get Par+ with Showtime streaming for no extra cost.
Mark Jeffries [email protected] On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 8:05 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > All of that makes a certain kind of sense, and seems just about > inevitable, but…I am not sure how this really is good for companies like > DirectTv in the long run. If Disney really was forced to go a la carte > with its products, wouldn’t that just speed up their transition to > streaming? And if all or most of ESPN were available on ESPN+ to stream, > wouldn’t DirectTV end up hemorrhaging subscribers, and go out of business > (sooner)? > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 at 3:59 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The story behind this impasse is different than in the past. DirecTV is >> losing subscribers, as are the other cable and satellite companies, and >> they’re putting their foot down in order to try to stay alive. As we know, >> the cable TV business is built on bundling by the media companies. If you >> get cable or satellite you pay $6/month for ESPN whether or not you ever >> watch it. When cable was ubiquitous the provider would have to sign a new >> contract and jack up prices and what could viewers do but pay? Now they can >> just drop the service. >> >> DirecTV is demanding Disney break up its bundles so that they can charge >> less to households who don’t want sports or children’s programming. And >> they seem prepared to wait it out. >> >> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 5:34 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Corrected the URL: >>> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/retransmission-wars-cablevision-is-the-pot-calling-abcs-kettle-black/ >>> (link) >>> B >>> >>> Dino Alexander, to M-D November, Kevin M and moi, Sept 3rd, in part: >>> >>> CBS had a very nuanced article about it in 2010. Just replace the names >>> of the telcos & networks and it pretty much plays out the same. >>> >>> -- >>> 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]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/99a8f4b1-c4b0-471b-a37c-92ab9a38068en%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/99a8f4b1-c4b0-471b-a37c-92ab9a38068en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHD4p52%3D7dW-kFbWzJ%3DWTHt2%3DhL8ckvAK-94c5cuqvN9Q%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHD4p52%3D7dW-kFbWzJ%3DWTHt2%3DhL8ckvAK-94c5cuqvN9Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYK3Ybu38YA-GUqQgowfNMbZ84fsVVwb6on3aaA2%2BUMRMw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYK3Ybu38YA-GUqQgowfNMbZ84fsVVwb6on3aaA2%2BUMRMw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-1NS9LTmHnZmodp0QU6tZMOfawajVahs_p7Nbe-oAghA%40mail.gmail.com.
