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Re: Verizon and AMC dispute AMC is riling up Verizon customers now because they know that once the agreement expires on 12/31 with no new contract in place Verizon will take the channel off the air...so at that point there would be no point running those Verizon bashing ads because no Verizon customers would be able to see them (unless they go to a friend or family members house who has another cable provider)
when Dish took the channel off during their 4-5 month contract dispute I would still see dozens of Dish network bashing commercials during AMC programming which really made no sense as the target demographic is not seeing it |
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 Zero
join:2009-07-01
Collegeville, PA | reply to jmcging
To VZ: If AMC wants to charge more per subscriber they need to increase the HD PQ of their networks to a level worthy of being on FiOS TV. |
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 More FiberPremium,MVM
join:2005-09-26
West Chester, PA
kudos:28 | +1 |
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Keep AMC!!!!!! |
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Baff
join:2007-12-05
Murrieta, CA | reply to crgauth
said by crgauth:My $.02 worth
When it comes to a la carte services, I don't think most of us can afford what it would really cost to just get the channels we want.
I watch 18 channels. At your estimated average of $2 each, that would be $36/month, which is a small fraction of what I pay now. |
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 amarryatVerizon FiOS
join:2005-05-02
Marshfield, MA
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| said by Baff:said by crgauth:My $.02 worth
When it comes to a la carte services, I don't think most of us can afford what it would really cost to just get the channels we want.
I watch 18 channels. At your estimated average of $2 each, that would be $36/month, which is a small fraction of what I pay now. What about providing the service, the cable boxes etc. You left that out. |
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JAH_PGH
join:2009-09-28
Pittsburgh, PA | My rants:
1. I'm with Zero - while the AMC picture quality has gotten better, it still isn't where an HD picture should be. If I'm to pay extra, make the broadcast better.
2. I don't care, Verizon - go ahead and lose the channel. There's already too many things on TV for me to watch anyway. I'll miss the Walking Dead, Hell On Wheels and Mad Men, but I will survive.
3. I'm not going to jump to ComCrap, Dish or DTV all because of 1 (or 3) channel. I am pleased with the service Vz provides and the number of HD movie channels offered is the main reason (and still is) why I went to FiOS in the first place. I've had Comcast and DTV in the past and still place Vz at the top.
4. While quirky, I still love my DVR and STB combo and think it's worthwhile to keep. I'd love to go to TiVo, but there are way too many additional costs involved. I'm not paying for a TiVo box, a secondary box, two cable cards and service fees...
5. I haven't watched IFC since the last season of Whitest Kids U Know. While IFC used to be one of my go-to channels 10 years ago, it has become boring and commercial-filled.
6. Sundance - same with IFC and the Picutre Quality is worse than AMC.
7. We channel? C'mon - I don't even have that channel saved to my Favorites
8. Relax - it's not the end of the world (or is it?!). I'm sure they'll come to some agreement in the next month. Look at what the NHL did?! Oh wait...
9. If you do jump ship, who's to say that in a years time, your new provider will have a fight with AMC?
The bottom line is that I'm sticking with Verizon.
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AMC isn't what it use to be. I remember the days when they didn't cut and interrupt movies with commercials. We *rarely* watch that channel now.
C'mon, Fios and bring on TCM in HD ! |
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amarryatVerizon FiOS
join:2005-05-02
Marshfield, MA Reviews:
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said by JAH_PGH:2. I don't care, Verizon - go ahead and lose the channel. There's already too many things on TV for me to watch anyway. I'll miss the Walking Dead, Hell On Wheels and Mad Men, but I will survive.
Mad Men is nothing like what it used to be. Walking Dead is about to go on hiatus for a while, Breaking Bad won't be back for months. If Verizon drops it, it won't affect me for months.
Unfortunately for us, AMC's contracts with the various providers don't all end at the same time, otherwise AMC wouldn't be able to run their scare scrolls. |
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 nycdavePremium,MVM
join:1999-11-16
Melville, NY
kudos:10 | reply to somebodeez
They went downhill after Rainbow Media got control, and turned these channels into a supposed cash cow.... |
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| said by nycdave:They went downhill after Rainbow Media got control, and turned these channels into a supposed cash cow....
They have always been crap channels, before they were just subsidized by Cablevisions profits where now they have to make it on there own.
I say dump all the rainbow media channels and don't look back, they are not worth the cost for at most 24 hours of half-decent programing per year while the rest of the time there just like the .TV crap channels we are stuck paying for. |
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What nobody here watches Whisker Wars on IFC????? No?  |
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Re: Verizon and AMC dispute +1
But it is Cablevision / Dolan so I don't expect they will give a better feed to FIOS. I am so glad I am done with Cablevision (at home at least). |
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Re: Verizon and AMC dispute said by jcondon8:But it is Cablevision / Dolan so I don't expect they will give a better feed to FIOS. I am so glad I am done with Cablevision (at home at least).
why not?...they gave FiOS an excellent feed of MSG HD...and MSG was the channel that they went to court over |
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said by TitusTroy:they gave FiOS an excellent feed of MSG HD... BECAUSE
said by TitusTroy:MSG was the channel that they went to court over
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MSG HD is transmitted by a direct line, not by satellite. That's why it looks great. AMC is stuffed and compressed on a sat feed with IFC, Sundance, We. There's of course NO excuse for the horrible cropping they do to everything they air. Or frankly for the compressed visuals they send, but this is again, the Dolans, and they are cheapskates. |
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Settle down people. In case you haven't heard the world will end on December 21 anyway (I saw it on the History Channel. Or was it NatGeo?) Anyway, I got my Mayan calendar and my tin foil hat, stocked up on beef jerky and water purification tabs so I don't need no stinking cable.
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Go Heels! |
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And that assumes that you are watching lower cost channels. As soon as you throw in something like ESPN, it might go up to $10-$15 or more. |
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