My Blocked Channels

Your channels removed their feeds not DTV.  So you want DTV to cave and pay what the channels want to renew the contract and the pass the larger increase on to your bill?  All providers have this problem so have fun moving again.

So not wanting to pay more is being a bully?

Each station or group of stations has its own contract with Directv (and Dish, Comcast etc). The stations are asking for improved contract terms (usually more money) as each contract comes up for renewal. Directv is saying no to many of them. Should they be saying yes to everyone, just because there are groups of customer that want that to happen? And every time a station gets more money, we the customers pay....

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@EJWorthington wrote:

Shannon, Directv is the bully in this situation. We, long term paying customers, are losing access to channels we pay for which are owned by various different companies. The single thing they all have in common? Directv. This summer has been one contract battle after another, and it most certainly is not a bunch of smaller companies ganging up on poor HUGE Directv/AT&T. My husband and I are going to be contacting other providers Monday. This has become insane. 

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Really?  Better check the track record of your new provider. They all go through this.

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?

Greedy station owners are killing the cable/satellite industry. Just look at how many blackouts have happened during the last 10 years. So changing providers won't help. 

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

I'm unsubscribing to this thread. All this drama from AT&T lackeys is just as bad as what AT&T's greed with causing all this contract drama all summer. Life is too short for petty online squabbles. Y'all go ahead and keep telling upset customers off and help push us over that fence we're already sitting on. You're helping AT&T destroy Directv. Goodnight and goodbye. 

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@EJWorthington wrote:

I'm unsubscribing to this thread. All this drama from AT&T lackeys is just as bad as what AT&T's greed with causing all this contract drama all summer. Life is too short for petty online squabbles. Y'all go ahead and keep telling upset customers off and help push us over that fence we're already sitting on. You're helping AT&T destroy Directv. Goodnight and goodbye. 

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Greedly network and station owners are killing cable/satellite TV.

Sorry you can't handle the truth.