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ChiefsCountry

01-04-2015 02:15 PM

Parents have had DirectTV for 20 years now and myself I've had it for about 4 years now. Its been great. Way better than the cable I had.

Johnny Vegas

01-04-2015 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Bwana (Post 11242054)

It has been dead nuts with no issues for me.

yea even trying different browers doesn't seem to work for me. Luck is about to pass and it cuts out to a 3 minute long jason laconfora top picks out of nowhere.

MMXcalibur

01-04-2015 02:21 PM

DirecTV blacked out the local NBC affiliate here in Colorado Springs. I missed the Winter Classic and PIT/BAL last night. Lord help me if this shit continues on 8 February.

Rams Fan

01-04-2015 02:40 PM

ATT Uverse is awesome.

That is all.

Fire Me Boy!

01-04-2015 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by milkman (Post 11241558)

Direct TV is not blocking your local CBS station.

Your local CBS station pulled their programming because their contract expired, and rather than allowing DTV to continue to provide you with your local network, and ensure that you get that all important local advertising, which is the reason you are not allowed to choose non local affiliates, they pulled out.

That's simply untrue. I work for a broadcast company that goes through this all the time with Directv. They pulled this same line with our markets, and the truth is, we tried to extend the agreement so we could continue to negotiate, and they pulled the plug.

Fire Me Boy!

01-04-2015 03:09 PM

Directv blacks out local CBS

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Originally Posted by Bwana (Post 11241705)

After researching it a little deeper, it's the Evening Post Industries out of Charleston, SC that own the stations, not in MN. With that said, let me rephrase my last post. The douchebags in SC that own the local stations can kiss my nut sack.

Local TV are the most-watched stations, yet the cable companies and satellite providers want to pay local TV the least for retransmission rights.

Blame DTV for the outage - they're CONSTANTLY in retrans arguments with broadcasters and other stations alike. AMC was recently running ads saying they were in danger of being pulled.

So who's to blame: the company that argues with everyone, or the company that seals deals with cable carriers and satellite carriers across the country, but always has trouble with DTV?

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