Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

Sorry guys, just made it home.  I saw the 6 messages.  I haven’t enrolled, but e-mailed them to confirm I can get the Bills, even pre-season for this of us who don’t live near Buffalo, vs. waiting the replay on NFL TV.

 

I googled Prime Tyme TV.  The site came up and the6 indicate you can get on up to four devices for $25/mo. 800 US channels.  My TV guy told me it worked for him last year.  I’ll let you know when they respond.

Posted
12 hours ago, mikemac2001 said:

Use an attenna 

 

all out of market games will be on the 700+ stations where you find all the games 

What do you mean? Where do you get an antenna that gets all local channels from across the country?

9 hours ago, jletha said:

YouTube TV has every sports channel you'd ever want PLUS all local channels and basically everything else youd ever need and all you need is the internet and an AppleTV/Roku thing.  I split $50/month with my brother because each account gives you 6 screens. It is perfect 720p picture, never lags or buffers and it completely live with unlimited DVR.

 

I HIGHLY recommend YoutubeTv, it has been awesome.

It doesn't have NFL Network...

Posted

if you subscribe to NFL ST you should get all games unless blacked out in your area.   This will get resolved before the start of NFL season right now all your missing is Bachelorette 25, amazing race around the water, may other bull#### reality TV shows etc etc etc

Posted
15 hours ago, eball said:

I'm going to call DTV for my annual "give me credits" discussion soon -- I'll be sure to bring up the local channel issue in an effort to squeeze more out of them.

Good luck.  Theyve gotten pretty stingey.  Im gettin ready to drop em.

Posted
10 hours ago, GG said:

 

In which markets?  I'm not aware of any blackouts from February.  AT&T currently blocks CBS-owned and Nexstar local stations.

 

BTW, these transmission agreements are the biggest reason your cable bills are so high.

 

I used to work for Verizon and the cable bills are so high because they try to soak you for as much as you can. 

When you leave they have a trick - they have someone talk to you about a deal and then after you get bill they said that package was not approved for you and try to sell you another package with higher price that had the same items on it.

Posted
1 hour ago, The Bills Blog said:

What do you mean? Where do you get an antenna that gets all local channels from across the country?

It doesn't have NFL Network...

 

 

If you have directv and Sunday ticket you would need an antenna for the local broadcast but all out of market games would be on the Sunday ticket channels which is number 700-715 I believe 

 

Posted
45 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

I used to work for Verizon and the cable bills are so high because they try to soak you for as much as you can. 

When you leave they have a trick - they have someone talk to you about a deal and then after you get bill they said that package was not approved for you and try to sell you another package with higher price that had the same items on it.

 

The bill is high because the costs to carry the channels are high.   If you add up the 4 broadcast networks to the other channels that charge carriage fees, the cost easily hits $30 just for the basic cable channels.  ESPN alone is about $6/month.   If the cable company is offering you 100 channels, they are probably paying $50 for those channels.   Then add in the cost of running the network and service.

Posted

I work for a major Cable Company and honestly they can't wait to move on from TV broadcasting. HSD is the bread and butter now. Everyone cuts the cable just to get faster HSD which costs the company pennies compared to Broadcasting. 

  • Like (+1) 1
Posted
2 hours ago, Xwnyer said:

if you subscribe to NFL ST you should get all games unless blacked out in your area.   This will get resolved before the start of NFL season right now all your missing is Bachelorette 25, amazing race around the water, may other bull#### reality TV shows etc etc etc

 

Don’t be so sure. ABC has been gone since an hour before Game 1 of the NBA Finals with no end in sight. CBS gone for a month. 

 

Lots of people are going to be to be very surprised when they can’t see the preseason Bills games on ABC nor the regular season ones on CBS. Even more fun when the Sunday Ticket channel for the game is blacked out and Game Search brings you over to the “We are as frustrated as you are!” blackout screen. 

  • Thank you (+1) 1
Posted
13 hours ago, sabres431 said:

 

 

FOX has been blacked out since February.  I don't see how you think it will be resolved soon.

 

I have a feeling it will be by September, in time for the NFL season, otherwise there will be a ton on angry customers, and most will quit DirecTV.

  • Awesome! (+1) 1
Posted
2 hours ago, The Bills Blog said:

It doesn't have NFL Network...

 

Not really a big deal these days unless you enjoy watching people sit at a desk spouting nonsense about teams they don't know much about 

  • Thank you (+1) 2
Posted
2 hours ago, thronethinker said:

I work for a major Cable Company and honestly they can't wait to move on from TV broadcasting. HSD is the bread and butter now. Everyone cuts the cable just to get faster HSD which costs the company pennies compared to Broadcasting. 

 

What's stopping companies like Spectrum from offering a streaming only service for people who don’t want to pay $8 per month for a cable box on each tv?

Posted
6 hours ago, formerlyofCtown said:

Good luck.  Theyve gotten pretty stingey.  Im gettin ready to drop em.

I received big discounts again this year. Have to make the effort

Posted
On 7/29/2019 at 11:21 PM, Binghamton Beast said:

Looking for anyone’s insight concerning this issue....if anyone has heard any information.

 

Subscribers to DirecTv know that many have lost, or will lose, local channels, which carry NFL games. Here in the Binghamton area, we have lost FOX, NBC, ABC and the rumor is we are about to lose CBS.

 

With starting that, how in hell will DirecTv be able to air any games at all? The only station left that carries games will be ESPN, and that has nothing to do with the Sunday Ticket.

 

It seems like the NFL should be able to pull the rights away from DirecTv.

 

I am getting rid of this come the beginning of September if the local channels aren’t back on the air and I highly doubt they will be with the way this company does business since AT&T took over.

 

 

 

Damn, how can you lose all that and we only lose CBS ??

 

 

On 7/29/2019 at 11:33 PM, LABILLBACKER said:

Same concerns in Southern California. CBS is currently blacked out with DTV and are supposedly negotiating? This will effect Sunday Ticket. 

 

thats BS, if you pay for ticket, you should get all the games, otherwise whats the point?!

 

 

Posted
On 7/29/2019 at 11:36 PM, GG said:

Only CBS-owned stations are blacked out on DrecTV and Uverse.   Sunday Ticket doesn’t show games that are on your local CBS feed, so the current blackout of CBS-owned stations shouldn’t affect Sunday Ticket games.  You won’t be able to watch the games on local CBS station on DTV, though.

 

They’ll resolve it soon anyway.

 

 

they friggin better. I m super pissed right now as im missing Worlds Strongest Man which is my current favorite sport.

 

 

Posted
22 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

this is 100% accurate. For instance, in Richmond , Nexstar only owns the ABC affiliate. 

 

Trust me, this will be worked out before football starts..you can bet your right nut on that

 

i thought that two weeks ago, its been a month already and im missing more than football.

 

i keep looking for updates on this resolution and it s been crickets.

 

 

Posted
21 hours ago, Binghamton Beast said:

 

Yeah, obviously they don’t give a *****. I went on their FB page and read comments that their customer service people are actually telling people to drop DirecTv if they are unhappy.

 

Since AT&T took over, that company has changed in a bad way.

 

Definitely more expensive.

 

If spectrum had more than two shows you could record at once i would have switched already. I still might if this continues.

 

 

  • Like (+1) 1
Posted
19 hours ago, major said:

This is spot on. I called to get my bill down, which I did, but their rep kept saying drop us if you want to. I’m not in a contract with them -in fact, I said I would try their cheaper bill for one month and then probably call to cancel. I’ve been a 21 year customer of direct tv and can’t believe how far they’ve sunk 

 

Hell i couldn't even get a discount, didn't help that it was some Indian who i had to explain multiple times that CBS was dropped from dtv, as he kept asking me if the channel was coming in.

 

 

19 hours ago, sabres431 said:

 

 

FOX has been blacked out since February.  I don't see how you think it will be resolved soon.

 

what the ....

 

How is this so regional??

 

 

18 hours ago, ndirish1978 said:

TV is a thing of the past. Time to let everyone just buy live packages for the sports they want - everything should just be internet based anyway.

 

And just get the channels i want.

 

 

×
×
  • Create New...