 stevek1949We're not in Kansas anymore
join:2002-11-13
Virginia Beach, VA | Al Jazeera Buys Al Gore's Current TV Al Jazeera on Wednesday announced a deal to take over Current TV, the low-rated cable channel that was founded by Al Gore, a former vice president, and his business partners seven years ago.
Current is presently part of the Verizon line-up.
»mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2···rent-tv/ |
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 Keano
join:2012-03-14
South Grafton, MA | I won't miss it. Current used to be good 2-3 years ago. Deadliest Journeys and Vanguard were both excellent series. Then it became the channel of CNN & MSNBC rejects. One lame talking head after another all day long. Joy Behar??? Hopefully Verizon won't drop it like TWC just did. |
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 nascar
join:2000-02-28
Verona, NJ
kudos:2 | reply to stevek1949
Re: Al Jazeera Buys Al Gore's Current TV I hope they do drop it. |
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PJL
join:2008-07-24
Long Beach, CA
kudos:2 | I hope they keep it. |
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Mac973
join:2009-05-18
West Orange, NJ | reply to stevek1949
Drop it. |
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 JackarinoPremium
join:2006-12-28
Allendale, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to stevek1949
I don't watch it so, idc |
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| I watched Current once or twice when Keith was still there.
It's not an HD channel so I won't miss it if it's dropped. |
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I agree. Drop the channel. I never wanted to watch it, ever. It's a useless channel in my opinion. |
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 bohratomJersey Shore will rise again
join:2011-07-07
Red Bank NJ | reply to stevek1949
Never watched , wont watch it...don't care... |
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I hope they drop it. |
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Re: Al Jazeera Buys Al Gore's Current TV put me on the list of folks who say drop it. |
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» Time Warner Cable Drops Current TV |
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Verizon cannot drop a channel on the spot, it depends on when the contract is up.
However, that TW article is important because you're going to see more and more of that. Non-sports will be dropped because of the massive sports fees. Which is why I have been so against BeIN and PAC-12, etc. |
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nascar
join:2000-02-28
Verona, NJ
kudos:2 | reply to stevek1949
I want BeIN though, same owner, but it's Futbol.  |
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PJL
join:2008-07-24
Long Beach, CA
kudos:2 Reviews:
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said by Greg2600:Verizon cannot drop a channel on the spot, it depends on when the contract is up.
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Not necessarily. The Time Warner contract had a clause that allowed dropping the channel if the channel's ownership changed, which is what happened. Verizon's contract may have a similar clause.
Time Warner didn't want to pay and charge their customers for a channel that had a free Internet feed, which Al Jazeera has, including Windows 8 and Android apps to access the live feed that work well (beyond web browser access). |
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bohratomJersey Shore will rise again
join:2011-07-07
Red Bank NJ | said by PJL:Not necessarily. The Time Warner contract had a clause that allowed dropping the channel if the channel's ownership changed, which is what happened. Verizon's contract may have a similar clause. They also can sever a contract if the programming changes dramatically as it will in this case. |
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PJL
join:2008-07-24
Long Beach, CA
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| said by bohratom:said by PJL:Not necessarily. The Time Warner contract had a clause that allowed dropping the channel if the channel's ownership changed, which is what happened. Verizon's contract may have a similar clause. They also can sever a contract if the programming changes dramatically as it will in this case. Again, it depends solely on the terms and conditions of the individual contract. A contract would define the specific conditions which allow a party to terminate the contract, and unless "dramatic program changes" is a clause (which I doubt it would be unless "dramatic" was clearly defined), then a "dramatic program change" wouldn't allow terminating the contract. |
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