Directv is not dropping channel 30. Channel 30's owner is threatening to remove it from Directv. Telling you to call is a standard contract negotiating tactic. Switching to another provider may not make a difference because eventually their contract will have to be renewed too and the same thing will happen with them. Most of the time, the channel never gets removed. They agree on a new contract and the warnings go away but you never know. You should also contact channel 30 and tell them not to remove their channel from Directv.
Please keep Channel 30 on Direct. I will have to switch carriers who will be carrying 30.
Folks complain when local station owners pull their channels from providers like DirecTV demanding more money. And folks complain that their subscription rates are too high. So what are service providers like Dish, Comcast and DirecTV to do?
Here's a suggestion. File a complaint with the FCC. Ask that the FCC allow service providers to deliver another network station instead. That would stop this BS in a heartbeat. After all, these are FREE over-the-air TV stations. Why should TV providers have to pay them anything?
These greedy station owners are killing the cable/satellite TV industry. Look at how many disruptions that ALL providers have faced during the past 10 years. And the problem is getting worse and worse every year.
Since 2010, millions of Americans have seen dark screens instead of watching their favorite channels due to more than 1,000 broadcaster-initiated blackouts. With 230 blackouts, 2019 is the worst year for TV blackouts on record.
230 blackouts in 2019 – Retrans Fees: $11.7B (estimated) 165 blackouts in 2018 – Retrans Fees: $10.5B 213 blackouts in 2017 – Retrans Fees: $9.3B 104 blackouts in 2016 – Retrans Fees: $7.9 B 193 blackouts in 2015 – Retrans Fees: $6.4B 94 blackouts in 2014 – Retrans Fees: $4.8B 119 blackouts in 2013 – Retrans Fees: $3.6B 90 blackouts in 2012 – Retrans Fees: $2.4B 42 blackouts in 2011 – Retrans Fees: $1.7B 8 blackouts in 2010 – Retrans Fees: $1.2B ** Retrans fees in $billions based on data from SNL Kagan
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Directv is not dropping channel 30. Channel 30's owner is threatening to remove it from Directv. Telling you to call is a standard contract negotiating tactic. Switching to another provider may not make a difference because eventually their contract will have to be renewed too and the same thing will happen with them. Most of the time, the channel never gets removed. They agree on a new contract and the warnings go away but you never know. You should also contact channel 30 and tell them not to remove their channel from Directv.
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litzdog911
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Folks complain when local station owners pull their channels from providers like DirecTV demanding more money.
And folks complain that their subscription rates are too high.
So what are service providers like Dish, Comcast and DirecTV to do?
Here's a suggestion. File a complaint with the FCC. Ask that the FCC allow service providers to deliver another network station instead. That would stop this BS in a heartbeat. After all, these are FREE over-the-air TV stations. Why should TV providers have to pay them anything?
These greedy station owners are killing the cable/satellite TV industry. Look at how many disruptions that ALL providers have faced during the past 10 years. And the problem is getting worse and worse every year.
Since 2010, millions of Americans have seen dark screens instead of watching their favorite channels due to more than 1,000 broadcaster-initiated blackouts. With 230 blackouts, 2019 is the worst year for TV blackouts on record.
230 blackouts in 2019 – Retrans Fees: $11.7B (estimated)
165 blackouts in 2018 – Retrans Fees: $10.5B
213 blackouts in 2017 – Retrans Fees: $9.3B
104 blackouts in 2016 – Retrans Fees: $7.9 B
193 blackouts in 2015 – Retrans Fees: $6.4B
94 blackouts in 2014 – Retrans Fees: $4.8B
119 blackouts in 2013 – Retrans Fees: $3.6B
90 blackouts in 2012 – Retrans Fees: $2.4B
42 blackouts in 2011 – Retrans Fees: $1.7B
8 blackouts in 2010 – Retrans Fees: $1.2B
** Retrans fees in $billions based on data from SNL Kagan
https://www.americantelevisionalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Retrans-Blackouts-2010-2019-.pdf
So changing providers won't help. They all face this problem.
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