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3 edits | said by cypherstream:Customers and Providers are fed up with this. Time for all providers to join together and rebel against this. Get the American Cable Association, NCTA, Big boys like Comcast, DirecTV, Dish Network, etc.. to form an alliance. Except that most of the customers WILL call up TWC & BrightHouse and whine to cust svc reps to just pay Viacom what they want. And if, god forbid, TWC & BrightHouse stand up to Viacom and the channels are shut off, these same customers will be calling their congresscritters and the FCC demanding that the cable companies be FORCED to carry the Viacom channels. And when the price goes up, they will whine about cable company price increases.
Everyone should remove Viacom from their systems. What's viacom without a distributer. It would be a modern day Boston Tea Party. This would be a stance that content providers need to be more reasonable. I agree that this would be a great idea. Except that the cable companies would be hauled in to court within hours and be hit with a restraining order and be accused of breaking anti-trust laws.
We need an aliance to finally help the consumer. I don't even care if the FCC has to step in. The FCC usually does more harm than good, but right now they need to investigate the real problem area's, not the multi service video providers.
The FCC has repeatedly slapped the cable companies down in favor of the content providers, who really pull the strings at the FCC. This time would be no different.
And if you needed proof, here is an example of the typical customers attitude and response to the issue:
said by Knuckles:I already called Direct Tv will have service set up Monday. The way I see it Brighthouse does not want to come off some profit margin. I will keep my channels and gain the NFL network.... See ya Brighthouse.....your light went dim in my home. --
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| "Everyone should remove Viacom from their systems. What's viacom without a distributer. It would be a modern day Boston Tea Party. This would be a stance that content providers need to be more reasonable."
This I agree with. As far as bein Typical....you sir have no idea my relationship with Brighthouse. |
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I think the whole forced bundling thing is unfair. It seems a small step away from unfair tying.
It seems there'd be lots of support to include forced bundling in the category of "unfair trade". I can think of many examples where it'd be good to end forced bundling. |
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