I have Dish. Will no longer have dish by end of the day. Just going to start streaming. Cheaper option anyways.
Dish Dropped Disney Last Niight
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Yes, thank you for reiterating what I just said in that post you quoted. Dish knows they'll have to pass the increased transmission rights fee onto their customers. They know that's a problem because their customers will have to decide whether to eat the cost or leave. So yes, you're right, they don't want to pay the increased cost for the service.
Long term this is bad news for streaming subs. The streamers have no leverage. When a network asks for a raise from YTTV, Sling, or Hulu they are going to be more apt to accept it than play hardball like cable or satellite because it is easier for their subscribers to bail. So they will just pass those costs on to the users. In a few years we are going to be paying these companies too much money for too many channels we don't care a out, no different from cable.
It's not worth staying just to keep recorded content. Make the switch; probably be able to re-record on new platform in no time.
Interesting dialogue. I wonder if anyone has done a 'cost/game' on each of these channel ideas. Oh, and don't forget to factor in your internet provider as that's essential in the streaming recommendations (eg YTTV, hulu, Disney+, etc). Bottom line: these billion dollar contracts the sporting channels are signing have to get their money from somewhere. They can subsidize with advertising, sub-contracting (eg Apple, Amazon, etc) or as appears here, just charge the distribution channels more so they have to pass those costs on to us. While the internet is a great thing, the 'efficiency' of revenue is sadly way behind. As a result, they resort to old revenue tactics to recover their contract costs. That's why the 'Blue-blood' concept will die. When OTA was king, there were only so many televised games. Now, there are a plethora of ways to see a game. It will all come down to 'how we spend our money' that will drive the blue blood future.
Yes, it is bad for streamers, and the traditional cable providers as well. IMO, we are already paying too much money for the junk that is bundled in with the content we want.
But, ultimately, it comes down to the consumer. The consumer could show some fortitude and stick with their streamers/providers and stand up to the Disneys, but our entertainment addiction generally prevents that from happening.
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I had Dish for 25 years and dropped it last year and picked up YouTube TV. i miss the DVR but most importantly I miss the button to click back and forth between two channels.
Whoever just put a Dish commercial on my ABC/ESPN broadcast of OU/TCU had a real sense of humor.
Yeah, say what you will about mediacom, and there is plenty bad to say, but I actually thought it was a good move when they didn't immediately cave to Tegna for carriage of its networks (WOI\KCWI in iowa). These networks keep demanding more and more, and that gets passed on to customers. But ultimately these networks need the distribution companies just as much to get viewers for their advertisers. If more companies would do this instead of taking advantage of when their competitors lose channels, it might've helped slow the growth of these prices.
KidSilverhair
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YTTV allows you to put unlimited things in your “library” where they are available to watch at your leisure. Works like a DVR but even easier.
Yeah, switching channels is a little dicier, but at least with my (Roku) remote if you press “down” a list of channels appears at the bottom of the screen, including the most recent one you were watching. Pretty simple if you’re just switching back and forth between two.
I bring this up because I had YTTV for over a year before I realized this feature existed.
