Alaska Darin Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 I've had Dish for four years now and love it. By far the best DVR in the business. The only knock on it is they don't have NFL Sunday Ticket but they do have NFL RedZone. Tivo is the best DVR in the business.
Fezmid Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 Damn Comcast owns Versus so their screwing DTV around I guess. That's why I don't think companies should be allowed to own content AND the distribution medium as it creates unfair anti-competitive situations. It's the main reason I am anti-Bluray, since Sony owns the hardware, the movies, and the medium. http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/artic...ssetId=P6220002 "DIRECTV was already paying Comcast more than any other non-Comcast distributor to air Versus — and now Comcast is demanding an overall rate hike of 20% on top of that. Comcast also forces DIRECTV to make Versus available to a much larger portion of our customer base at our own expense than they require from other TV providers — most notably, DISH Network."
PromoTheRobot Posted October 15, 2009 Author Posted October 15, 2009 That's why I don't think companies should be allowed to own content AND the distribution medium as it creates unfair anti-competitive situations. It's the main reason I am anti-Bluray, since Sony owns the hardware, the movies, and the medium. http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/artic...ssetId=P6220002 "DIRECTV was already paying Comcast more than any other non-Comcast distributor to air Versus — and now Comcast is demanding an overall rate hike of 20% on top of that. Comcast also forces DIRECTV to make Versus available to a much larger portion of our customer base at our own expense than they require from other TV providers — most notably, DISH Network." Puck Daddy Blog "The bad news is that DirecTV continues to muddy the waters in this dispute by claiming that Versus is asking for an untenable rate hike; which is a statement that's picked up by local media whenever this dispute hits home. As we reported exclusively this month, Versus has a "zero total dollar increase" proposal on the table that apparently hasn't greased the gears to end this standoff -- even if it rendered the DirecTV "rate hike" outrage moot. " So the DTV website blames Versus. Puck Daddy on Yahoo.com says what DTV claims is not true. So who do you believe? PTR
Fezmid Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 Puck Daddy Blog "The bad news is that DirecTV continues to muddy the waters in this dispute by claiming that Versus is asking for an untenable rate hike; which is a statement that's picked up by local media whenever this dispute hits home. As we reported exclusively this month, Versus has a "zero total dollar increase" proposal on the table that apparently hasn't greased the gears to end this standoff -- even if it rendered the DirecTV "rate hike" outrage moot. " So the DTV website blames Versus. Puck Daddy on Yahoo.com says what DTV claims is not true. So who do you believe? PTR The article said: " As for the rate increases DirecTV says are at the heart of this dispute, there is a "zero total dollar increase" on the table from Versus. In other words, if subscriptions continue to grow, the amount of money DirecTV will pay Versus will not. According to the network, this proposal was presented in the negotiation several days ago and DirecTV hasn't responded to it -- despite continuing to claim in recent media reports that Versus is trying to "jack up our rates."" The "in other words" part of that says that if subscriptions grow, the money DirecTV has to pay won't. It doesn't say that the initial amount they have to pay to continue carrying Versus is not going up. In other words, if they paid $1/customer for a total of $16M last year, Comcast could still be saying, "Pay us $1.20/customer, for a total of $19.2M, but if you get more customers 6 months from now, you won't have to pay us any more."
stuckincincy Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 MY T-W guide for Versus shows "World Extreme Cagefighting"...must be some minor leaque hockey - they still can fight.
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