DIRECTV dropping OANN?

@semockru 

My recommendation is to make a list of the channels you want and then research to see if those channels offer their own streaming subscription.  It’s getting better but not all networks participate.  For example you can get Discovery and several other channels through a low cost Discovery plus subscription, NBC through an app called Peacock, and OAN either directly or through KlowdTV.  The only downside is the channels will be grouped by several apps vice in one app but that’s manageable. 

I found that I could split my DIRECTV subscriptions into 3 subscriptions to get the channels I really watch and save 50%.  

YouTube offers a great cloud based DVR streaming service with 4K content to boot but I found they too influenced by the left for my taste. 

ATT DTV, who and how did they get to you?  Who caused you to turn your back on free speech by dropping OANN?  Was it NAACP?  BLM?  LIBS?  Did they threaten you?  Do you know if you are on the right side of history?  What if you’re not??

Do you think dropping OANN is going to keep millions of us from searching them out or listening to that network?   Think again. .  You’re shooting yourself in the foot but go ahead.  Good luck with that.

What happened to “Turn the channel if you don’t like it?”  Who gave you the moral right to withhold information from the majority of the US citizens?  How dare you censor our programming.  Go ahead and run off the cliff with all the others who don’t know their (Edited per community guidelines) from a hole in the ground.  We don’t need you anymore.   

BOYCOTT ATT & DTV is the trend now.  You are turning your back on the silent majority, who is becoming very angry. 

“The internet gave us all the power of speech, and what did we discover? That victory goes to he who shouts the loudest, and that reason does not sell.”
― Claire North

“All the animals, the plants, the minerals, even other kinds of men, are being broken and re(Edited per community guidelines)embled every day, to preserve an elite few, who are the loudest to theorize on freedom, but the least free of all.”
― Thomas Pynchon

“The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.”
― William Shakespeare

“Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most”
― Aesop

I will drop my service if they drop OAN.

It is not an IF. DirecTV already notified OANN and made the public announcement that the carriage agreement will not be renewed. The expectation is that the current carriage agreement ends in April 2022 (so in about a couple months).

Check OANN's website for the few TV providers that still have them. Depends on your individual preferences if you will switch completely or perhaps complement DirecTV with a small streaming service for OANN (and any other unique channels that might come with it).

I respect others being upset about a favorite channel of theirs going away as well as not agreeing with the reason. However, for those that sound like they want to force DirecTV to keep the channel and continue paying for it, that seems to be counter to the principals they claim to value. Those attached to OANN have made their appeal to DirecTV and as there has been nothing to indicate a change it appears they have been unsuccessful. The only question that remains is that if you cancel, as there will be those who choose to stay for their own reasons, will it be now or later?

DirecTV choosing not to pay for a network, so not financially supporting them, is not censorship. There are those who throw around those terms too loosely when something happens that isn't what they want. You want to watch OANN, you still have several choices. DirecTV cannot block them from all providers, or cherry pick the broadcast sent to them, as if they did so then that would be censorship.

Glad to hear that so many other subscribers are going to take action against AT&T/ DIRECTV.

They are not the only ones that can cancel. To keep it correct in other people's words ( to not renew).

Yes, not renewing is correct. Canceling would be dropping them during the current agreement, which TV providers don't do as assumedly the consequences of violating the existing one would be high. But they have chosen not to negotiate for another one. Remember a channel is not carried indefinitely guaranteed. Both sides must negotiate a new agreement each time the term is up if they want to stay in business with each other.

At least DirecTV made the announcement well in advance and not last minute. This way everyone has plenty of time to choose what path they will follow.

@juniper

There is no sugar coating what happened so please stop trying massage the message to make DIRECTV look good.  Bottom line is they dropped OANN due to pressures from the radical left and now every leftist news outlet is rejoicing.  It’s no coincidence that the timing of the decision came soon after a speech from Biden where he states the following: 

“You know, these companies and personalities are making money by peddling lies and allowing misinformation that can kill their own customers and their own supporters,” Biden said. “It’s wrong. It’s immoral. I call on the purveyors of these lies and misinformation to stop it – stop it now.”

DirectTV is no better than the rest of Big Tech like Twitter of YouTube.  The move is still a censorship regardless of any words you cite to polish the ugly truth. 

 The decision came from a study referenced in the link below. 

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/directv-loss-could-cripple-(Edited per community guidelines)-one-america-news-2022-01-15/

Then the headlines from the left mob say it all: 

1) https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/media/oan-directv/index.html

2) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/15/business/media/one-america-news-directv.html

3) https://www.npr.org/2022/01/15/1073407803/directv-to-drop-one-america-news-network

4) https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/15/directv-drops-oan/

Even if we could overlook the fact DIRECTV is following the lead of  Big Tech collusion with the Government and Corporate Fascism, it does not change the fact DirecTV’s prices are much higher than the competition for similar services.  The last straw for me is knowing I already paid too much for what I was getting and then received a message that DIRECTV decided to cancel one of the few stations I watched.  

We are dumping them just like they chose to dump their customers. 

@ElmerFudd79  lays the situation out clearly for posterity.

@ElmerFudd79 

Not sugar coating anything just because I am not throwing a fit one way or the other on the situation.

DirecTV is not renewing the agreement so staying or leaving is up to you. Regardless of the headlines you advertise and your left/right feelings, DirecTV's decision stands. So good luck for wherever you go once you call and follow through. Just remember agents over the phone have no control over those business decisions so leave any rants at the door as it cannot change what is within the scope of their job.

Trump warned us this was coming back in 2019 with is call to block the AT&T / Time Warner merger.  The man was spot on and it sends chills down my back to see him asking people to Boycott AT&T/ DIRECTV in 2022. 

2022 Statement:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-2601235/Video-Trump-tells-supporters-boycott-T-OAN-cancellation.html

2019 Statement: 

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/03/trump-to-staff-on-atttime-warner-merger-i-want-that-deal-blocked/

Dropping ATT and DIRECTV due to the biased decision to eliminate OANN from the news lineup. They must be afraid of the TRUTH! 

It will be interesting to see how many people actually do leave.  I just did.

They will go out of their way to reduce your bill, explain that it was "just business" (bull drops), and even offer you a free year of KlowdTV.  The rep I spoke with was very pleasant, and I felt bad for her so I was too.

But this wasn't business as we all know.  Just before an election eh?  We all get what we all deserve.  I just got streaming.  Buh-bye William Kennard.  One day in an upcoming quarter, you will see this made no business sense.

CNN has lost 90% of their viewership... drop them.

@OANN_Now 

DirecTV isn't associated with KlowdTV. Either that agent was making that up or offering a monthly discount on your DirecTV bill that would have covered the cost (they have been known to position some promos like that in the past).

Either way for the agents it is just business. Decisions that corporate makes they don't have a say in. All they can do is go over what options your account has. If they don't have something that can retain your business, then you cancel and both of you move on.

@Juniper 

Duh.  DirecTV is trying to stop the bleeding.  The agent was directed to offer a steep price reduction for my current package, and one year of KlowdTV.

I refused both.  If they kept OANN, or dropped CNN as well, then I would have stayed.

Clearly, the agent was just the middleman and didn't deserve my ire.  So I toned it down.  Not so for Kennard, or you.  Who are you helping here?  Whether directly offering KlowdTV or paying for it, it was only good for a year.

@OANN_Now 

Agent's offer doesn't sound different than any other business. Regardless of the reasons for your cancelling, they are required to try and retain your business. That would be expected anywhere. Glad you toned down your ire as they are just doing their job and don't make the business decisions themselves. Though I believe one should tone down the ire in general and be polite about things, but I understand that is not the reality of the world.

Of course, it would only be for a year. To do longer or indefinitely would just be a roundabout way of paying for OANN. That doesn't coincide with their decision to not continue with them. That was a courtesy to allow you to try another option to see if it was worth for you to complement your DirecTV, which was a way to satisfy both sides.

Sometimes helping is just providing another relevant and realistic perspective. If this helps someone come back from going overboard and throwing a tantrum (as some in the forum and even this thread have done), then great. If not, oh well as at least I enjoyed participating in the discussion.