Direct TV and their continuing "dropped channel negotiations"

After all the money that we pay to have Directv service, there is no reason not to be able to negotiate a contract with Cox Media Group.   There are a lot of people (live in the country) that only have access to  satellite tv.  We should not suffer from your petty dispute.   hopefully during this time Directv gives their customers a discount since we do not receive all channels.   

Your ad on your Directv Official Site says "Watch The Big Game Live on DIRECTV"  is a LIE!!!   

@semperfimfg 

The contract is honored. Nothing in it says any channel is guaranteed. Says that programming/channels are subject to change at anytime. Just like an Enlistment contract, it matters not what you believe you are signing but what is actually in the terms.

For some reason, I haven't been receiving the west coast ABC feed, only the local Yuma, AZ station (CH11).  As of yesterday, February 2, I have not been receiving their feed.  It appears to be a problem with COX Cable, I think some sort of contract issue.  So now that I am not getting the local ABC feed, can I now receive the west coast ABC feed (CH397)?

My ABC affiliate (WFTV) and their associated independent station (WRDQ) where removed from my lineup over a carriage dispute that should have settled last week. Instead, AT&T dug in and pulled the stations. This is nothing more than corporate greed, probably on both sides but Cox does own the media!

AT&T/DirectTV, do you not see the YouTubeTV ads you get every time you open YouTube? It's half the price of my DirectTV service and includes my local ABC affiliate! Instead of speeding up the demise of satellite TV as users switch to streaming services, maybe AT&T should try  competing with them by offering cheaper packages with fewer channels instead of 150 channels of junk nobody watches.

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Orlando, FL

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Please do what is necessary to restore our local programming on WFTV channel 9 (1009) and WRDQ channel 27 (1027) and make them available again to your loyal subscribers. For the amount of money we spend each month we expect better service than this. Since I have been with AT&T Uverse/DirectTV customer for over 20 years even though I could have received cheaper service provided within my local market. you have taken away our favorite local channels most of us will have no choice but to switch to another provider who carries them. I understand business is business but if you lose business what sense does that make???

So as of yesterday, ATT U-verse no longer broadcasts ABC?? A major network that they stopped broadcasting because someone at ATT screwed up royally? That is pure crap and is likely the last straw, the “advantages” of U-verse are waning quickly. Thankfully, Spectrum still carries ABC and is available here in Melbourne FL.

Because ATT/UVerse is fighting with Cox Media now for more money, I have to suffer and my channel is now gone. This is the third (3) time in 3 months this has happened. I was promised a $20 discount but it still has not shown up on my bill. Hey why not give me what I pay for? How about that? 

My husband was bed ridden from CANCER and watched those channels. Guess what??? He died on Christmas and could not watch his favorite shows until someone decided to pull up their (edited per community guidelines) and negotiate and get my channels back. 

Really, how much money do you need? Why not give the consumer what they pay for and what you promised? 

PUT MY FREAKING CHANNELS BACK!!! THE ONES I PAY FOR. I'M NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING FOR FREE! I WANT WHAT I PAY FOR. AND MY $20 CREDIT FROM 3 MONTHS AGO. AND YOU CAN GIVE ME ANOTHER FREAKING CREDIT FOR THIS (Edited per community guidelines) AS WELL!!!

I don't know why these channels are blocked, but my older husband is totally upset and anxious. We watch the national nightly news on this channel, in addition to ET, and Inside Addition. It is also important to us for daily local news. I don't know what the point is, but I will have to come up with some alternative. We pay a lot of money for DirectTV and AT&T, and I just don't see it. Not to mention the sports shows. We're not happy campers at all!!!

Of all times for this negotiating or non-negotiating to go on, with the Super Bowl coming up this weekend.  Couldn't have picked a better time, right!  And, I agree, we have lost channels recently too, due to non-negotiations.  I have had Direct TV for about 20 years as well, and am getting tired of losing channels all the time, especially a local channel.  Can you intervene a local channel to replace WHIO at least so we can watch the super bowl?  Thank you.

susanbh - WHIO has the rights to the programming in your area and Directv is not allowed by the FCC to replace WHIO with another channel showing the Super Bowl. You might be cynical and say this is perfect timing for WHIO/Cox to pull the channel from Directv to apply maximum pressure.

My contract included NBC in its lineup, it is no longer available. I am holding up my end of the contract and I believe ATT broke their side. Can’t get support. Xfinity had immediate response to my problems. Not such a bargain after all. Should have done my research and not fell prey to their highly trained salespeople. Lessons learned. So I am stuck in a contract I can not get out of. Again, I kept up on my agreement, I guess it doesn’t apply to a company like ATT. 

I don’t care who is threatening who, with what contract and who’s fault it is— I pay ALOT of money each month for my package and have been with Directv for many, many years and feel the amount of money I pay I should not lose ANY of my channels, regardless!!!! This is just ridiculous to lose a main channel like CBS! Especially days before the Super Bowl is going to air on that station.  With every horrible thing going on in the world, this is the one thing that my family is able to actually stay home and follow all the social distancing rules and look forward to, and now we can’t watch it on our TV!! You’ve got to be kidding, this is totally UNACCEPTABLE!!!! This is only forcing people to gather and go to other places where they can see the game, exactly what they are saying we shouldn’t do. Just unreal!! I don’t care who, but someone needs to fix this and get CBS back to us before Sunday!  Every other time this has happened I’ve not done/said anything because they say switching providers won’t help, but this happening with all the world’s problems right now and then taking away the channel airing such an anticipated event is just calculating and unacceptable. I will be switching tv providers after 15+ years with directv and I hope they see a huge number of people doing this, because regardless of negotiations , the companies involved are being evil and do not value/care about their customers or think about their actions and how they affect people during this difficult time. 

People. You need to put pressure on the local channel operators, like COX Media relations, if that's the provider. I finally got a response from them by email after several days. Of course they still blame DirecTV, but remind them that you are watching COMMERCIAL television with them, so they already get paid just by you watching! Remind them that they have lost viewers now, so their advertising minutes aren't worth as much ... especially if you contact their advertisers and let them know what the local media outlet has done.