 mack1951Universal Soldier
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Bayonne, NJ
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| Cablevision Takes stand against Viacom »www.prnewswire.com/news-releases···941.html
Wish more cable companies would have the chops to file suites like this one. Hats of to CV for standing up to the providers.
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At the end of the day, I think it will end up in the reduction of available channels (the weaker ones will be pruned), and the cost per household of the few channels that people actually want will go up. |
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RemyM
join:2005-02-14
Stamford, CT | reply to mack1951
Yet companies that were spun off by Cablevision and have the same controlling family do the same thing. MSG forces Fuse if you want MSG and MSG+ and AMC Networks force WE and IFC if you want AMC. |
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 DownTheShoreThanks To All The Shore VolunteersPremium
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Pot, meet kettle. 
They're not doing it for the customers - given that one of those ancillary channels is Nick Jr. They want to free up the space those stations take to probably give us more info-crap channels.
The whole point of the cable system - besides bringing TV to areas that couldn't be reached by aerials - was to provide niche/specialty programming that was ignored by the broadcast networks.
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| said by DownTheShore:Pot, meet kettle.
They're not doing it for the customers - given that one of those ancillary channels is Nick Jr. They want to free up the space those stations take to probably give us more info-crap channels.
Exactly. The loss of Nick Jr. And Nick Toons would be a huge loss to families with kids. Why these people think that fewer channels at the same or higher cost to them is a good thing remains beyond me.
Do they think that discount chains like Sam's Club and Costco should be sued because they save you money by making you buy things in quantity?
They can go to Saks Fifth Avenue for "ala carte"
It never strikes them that people buy "dinners" in restaurants because ala carte is less food for more money.
If they lose those two channels, I'll have to look to FIOS, and I won't be alone. |
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| said by dtremain:If they lose those two channels, I'll have to look to FIOS, and I won't be alone.
Don't kid yourself. Verizon FiOS, DirecTV, Dish, and the rest of Cablevision's buddies are lying in the weeds watching this with great interest. If Cablevision manages to pull this off, it will change the entire industry. I'm still not sure if it will ultimately benefit the end user, but that's another issue. |
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 KCrimsonPremium
join:2001-02-25
Brooklyn, NY
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said by RemyM:Yet companies that were spun off by Cablevision and have the same controlling family do the same thing. MSG forces Fuse if you want MSG and MSG+ and AMC Networks force WE and IFC if you want AMC.
Exactly! »www.nypost.com/p/news/business/n···fJU74ShM |
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| I wish cv would carry CMT PURE COUNTRY |
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| Personally I actually watch MTV Hits, VH1 Classic and Palladia (all 3 mentioned by name in that article).
But ESPN? Please you can take that .... never watch any sports. |
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Re: Cablevision Takes stand against Viacom MTV Hits is the only MTV channel that still plays music.
Im sick of about 1/2 of the channels I scan playing some kind of reality TV program.
I think cable TV knows its days are numbered. In 10 years its all going to be internet accessed. |
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 momcat1No Relation To The Bobcat
join:2002-10-21
Wappingers Falls, NY | said by ilsno :I think cable TV knows its days are numbered. In 10 years its all going to be internet accessed.
It should have been 10 years ago. |
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| There was no market 10 years ago due to relatively low broadband rates. |
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dm145
join:2009-12-12
Clifton, NJ Reviews:
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said by ilsno :I think cable TV knows its days are numbered. In 10 years its all going to be internet accessed.
And they own the access to the internet so the will just keep increasing their rates to compensate! |
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Please, nothing in this from Cablevision is altruistic.
This is all rich pigs, wanting more for themselves. This is like arguing between who is right in Owners and Players in pro sports.
The last people I want doing me favors is CV, given their bill is going up again and they are adding on some sports surcharge.
As others have mentioned their rates will keep going up irrespective of what channels they carry or don't carry.
And they do the same thing as well ala Viacom as others have mentioned with MSG/Fuse, WE, AMC Channels etc. |
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said by KCrimson:said by RemyM:Yet companies that were spun off by Cablevision and have the same controlling family do the same thing. MSG forces Fuse if you want MSG and MSG+ and AMC Networks force WE and IFC if you want AMC.
Exactly! » www.nypost.com/p/news/business/n···fJU74ShM Thank you very much.
LOL at the headline "MSG is no MTV in NY: Nielsen"
"Eleven of Viacom’s networks do better in Gotham City households than MSG, according to Nielsen ratings for the New York area.
The MSG regional sports networks ranks 44th among NY households with a 0.18 rating — while its sibling MSG Plus rated a 0.04, according to Nielsen.
Together they cost pay-TV companies an estimated $4.50 per subscriber per month, according to SNL Kagan data for 2012.
Meanwhile, Viacom’s entire 25 channels cost distributors $3.73 per month per subscriber, SNL Kagan data for 2013 show."
Ask ourselves what is Cablevision really up to here. Does this mean if successful they would lower our bill, I think we all know that answer. HELL NO!!!!!
So who are they kidding folks.
They certainly aren't the good guys about this subject.
This issue about CV and Viacom is like asking which weasel's turd smells better, they both stink.  |
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| While I essentially agree with you, you have to look at the difference between MSG and the stations owned by Viacom. The issue is not what MSG's ratings are overall. The issue should be its ratings during live sporting events. You would find that that pretty well mitigates the argument made in that NY Post article. But, I definitely agree that Cablevision is not doing this for the consumer. We will only get hurt, if they are successful, by losing station choices while gaining nothing. |
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KCrimsonPremium
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| said by dtremain: The issue should be its ratings during live sporting events. You would find that that pretty well mitigates the argument made in that NY Post article.
That argument is presented in the article, and its false. The ratings are local ratings, and they include time slots that feature live local sports as well as their "filler content" that EVERY network utilizes (or sells to infomercial providers). No matter how you slice those ratings, or pare the facts, Cablevision is foisting ANOTHER of its series of red herrings into the cable broadcast arena - one that is sure to stink up the place for viewers. |
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| It's definitely bad, overall. But, if you are going to look at at station like MSG, you have to look at the live sports as a unique entity. That is when people will watch, and the sponsors know that. Nick Toons doesn't have a unique entity like that. |
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Parth
join:2010-08-16
Poughkeepsie, NY
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There's no incentive to lower our bills. Any money Cablevision saves by not carrying these channels will be of no benefit to us. Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional.
I think it's great that MSOs are fighting back, but it's not for us, no matter how they try to spin it. |
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