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| Providers need to join an alliance and rebel together 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.
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.
We need an alliance 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. |
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 TigerLordResident pentaxianPremium,Mod
join:2002-06-09
Montreal
kudos:6 | Who needs MTV It's one of the shittiest channel that has plagued television, and only contributes to lower the IQ of the teenagers that watch it.
They should be thanking Viacom for doing them a huge favor. |
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| reply to cypherstream
Re: Providers need to join an alliance and rebel together 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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| said by Knuckles: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. What makes you think "maintaining" their profit level has anything to do with it? They could just as easily accept the new rates and pass the cost on to their customers to do just that. |
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wvcaverPremium
join:2005-04-17
Millersburg, OH | reply to TigerLord
Re: Who needs MTV MTV and favorite in the same sentence ? |
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miscDude
join:2005-03-24
Hendersonville, NC | reply to vzw emp
Re: Providers need to join an alliance and rebel together I also think Brighthouse isn't the one really driving things here. From the LIN dispute, I think I remember hearing that Brighthouse has an agreement with TWC to negotiate their transmission agreements on their behalf. Sort of a package deal. It makes sense from a business standpoint to do it, since as a smaller MSO, it gives them the weight and bargaining power of the larger MSO when making these deals.
Think about it... if Viacom is pulling crap like this, trying to get this kind of rate increase out of an MSO as large and powerful as TWC, what chance would a smaller MSO have of making a deal that's favorable for their customers. |
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they very well may accept the new rate and just as well pass it on either way they stand to lose customers. Consider me on of the first whether it be an educated or uninformed decision so be it. One way or another I have to pay for tv. I just will not sit around and wait for the "refund" that may or may not ever get to my door. |
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 Dominokat"Hi"Premium
join:2002-08-06
Boothbay, ME
kudos:2
·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: Who needs MTV said by wvcaver:MTV and favorite in the same sentence ? MTV in all its channels sucks.
When it first started, it was great. MUSIC VIDEOS
But now it is reality TV...
MTV has seriously drifted from it's roots.
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DannyZGentoo FanboyPremium
join:2003-01-29 | reply to Knuckles
Re: Providers need to join an alliance and rebel together I'm not sure about Brighthouse, but as I understand it, Viacom's profit margin is nearly twice that of TWC. I think it's Viacom that should come off some profit margin.
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