No live sports on FS1?

what fox sports is doing is the exact same thing att does to us all the time, only difference is fox1 added programming , att usually just raises the rates for no apparrent reason on a already overpriced service, att execs should cancell some of their bonus checks and give us back our nascar

I blame all involved with no live programing being shown. I feel NASCAR should negotiate a new contract with espn and in their contract no raising rates mid stream,Otherwise fox sports 1 should be held to the contract they agreed upon.I hope att sues them.Also att should have warned its customers that this was going on so we could have tried to complain to fox sports1 to maybe have shown them how much of a mistake they are making.Also i have other options available to me so if this isn;t resolved soon i will look into those options.

Why does AT&T U-Verse think they are any better than all the other cable providers. They are the only provider who doesn't want to pay for the increased content on FS1. U-Verse did the same thing with the Cardinals back in 2012 and didn't show some of their games until the backlash from Cardinals fans. AT&T's recurring excuse is they want to keep rates as low as possible. That is laughable. My rates just recently went up and in April I will be losing my discounts and will be looking at around a $50.00 increase and if things don't change I will be looking for a new provider. I have been a loyal customer for many years but if this doesn't get settled I will be moving my services elsewhere....

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@baseballisback wrote:

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@scraig3376 wrote:

Is blocking the nascar program now xfinity series worth loosing thousands of customers?? If this isn't resolved I will be switching to Xfinity, urrently att has my tv, 6 cell phones,high speed enternet and home security, and land line and they will be dropped, if U-verse doesn't resolve the program issues,

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AT&T is not blocking anything. Fox is refusing to show programming because they want AT&T to pay them additional fees in the middle of a contract.

 

This would be akin to you or I being a tenant, paying our rent on time, notifying the landlord of any issues that occur and the landlord wants to raise the rent in the middle of the lease.

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I haven't read this whole thread yet but the part about FOX not showing the race isn't true.  FOX isn't the final transport mechanism to my home, AT&T is.  So once could say that AT&T isn't showing the race - though legally they may not be able to.  So I would say both parties have some involvement here.  FOX wants more *midstream* for newer coverage and AT&T is holding firm but we of course lose out.

I do hope that future AT&T U-Verse content contracts will have a clause that state that all new programming can only be increased at the main renegotiation time.

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@blueduece58 wrote:

Why does AT&T U-Verse think they are any better than all the other cable providers. They are the only provider who doesn't want to pay for the increased content on FS1. U-Verse did the same thing with the Cardinals back in 2012 and didn't show some of their games until the backlash from Cardinals fans. AT&T's recurring excuse is they want to keep rates as low as possible. That is laughable. My rates just recently went up and in April I will be losing my discounts and will be looking at around a $50.00 increase and if things don't change I will be looking for a new provider. I have been a loyal customer for many years but if this doesn't get settled I will be moving my services elsewhere....

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Whose to say you can only get one promotion and one promotion only? Call back and see what they can do...and I'm quite sure they can do something.

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@dhascall wrote:

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@baseballisback wrote:

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@scraig3376 wrote:

Is blocking the nascar program now xfinity series worth loosing thousands of customers?? If this isn't resolved I will be switching to Xfinity, urrently att has my tv, 6 cell phones,high speed enternet and home security, and land line and they will be dropped, if U-verse doesn't resolve the program issues,

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AT&T is not blocking anything. Fox is refusing to show programming because they want AT&T to pay them additional fees in the middle of a contract.

 

This would be akin to you or I being a tenant, paying our rent on time, notifying the landlord of any issues that occur and the landlord wants to raise the rent in the middle of the lease.

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I haven't read this whole thread yet but the part about FOX not showing the race isn't true.  FOX isn't the final transport mechanism to my home, AT&T is.  So once could say that AT&T isn't showing the race - though legally they may not be able to.  So I would say both parties have some involvement here.  FOX wants more *midstream* for newer coverage and AT&T is holding firm but we of course lose out.

 

I do hope that future AT&T U-Verse content contracts will have a clause that state that all new programming can only be increased at the main renegotiation time.

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I guess if you wanted to get technical, "Fox is refusing to let AT&T show such-and-such programming." AT&T would gladly show it if they were allowed to. But if anyone says: "AT&T chooses not to show this programming," they're plain wrong.

Either way, FOX is the "bad guy" here because they're raising rates during the middle of the contract. I have a sneaky suspicision this is not normally the case with other channel owners.

mibrnsurg: You dont work for ATT or have any affiliation, why defend them til the end when you don't even know the inside info on what's going on, just what both sides are saying PUBLICLY 

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@dhascall wrote:

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@baseballisback wrote:

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@scraig3376 wrote:

Is blocking the nascar program now xfinity series worth loosing thousands of customers?? If this isn't resolved I will be switching to Xfinity, urrently att has my tv, 6 cell phones,high speed enternet and home security, and land line and they will be dropped, if U-verse doesn't resolve the program issues,

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AT&T is not blocking anything. Fox is refusing to show programming because they want AT&T to pay them additional fees in the middle of a contract.

 

This would be akin to you or I being a tenant, paying our rent on time, notifying the landlord of any issues that occur and the landlord wants to raise the rent in the middle of the lease.

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I haven't read this whole thread yet but the part about FOX not showing the race isn't true.  FOX isn't the final transport mechanism to my home, AT&T is.  So once could say that AT&T isn't showing the race - though legally they may not be able to.  

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The "final transport mechanism" doesn't make programming decisions. It's only a pipeline. It's like blaiming the highway for a manufacturer not delivering goods. 

By your logic, I could say "AT&T isn't showing new episodes of Two & a Half Men" anymore. 

As far as I am concerned you can take all the sports channels and flush them down the crapper

I have been a uverse customer since it has been available in my area.But since saturdays dart tournament  I will be calling cox monday.

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@jhy1978 wrote:

mibrnsurg: You dont work for ATT or have any affiliation, why defend them til the end when you don't even know the inside info on what's going on, just what both sides are saying PUBLICLY 

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I'm not defending anyone, I'm mad like you.  But Fox Sports is sending the darts to ATT VHOs and ATT is showing the channel and I see it that Fox Sports are the ones not sending the Infinity race.  That is indisputable.

Here's the ATT response from ATT Uverse Care I received and he also posted it in the initial thread about it Friday:

@baseballisback wrote:

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@blueduece58 wrote:

Why does AT&T U-Verse think they are any better than all the other cable providers. They are the only provider who doesn't want to pay for the increased content on FS1. U-Verse did the same thing with the Cardinals back in 2012 and didn't show some of their games until the backlash from Cardinals fans. AT&T's recurring excuse is they want to keep rates as low as possible. That is laughable. My rates just recently went up and in April I will be losing my discounts and will be looking at around a $50.00 increase and if things don't change I will be looking for a new provider. I have been a loyal customer for many years but if this doesn't get settled I will be moving my services elsewhere....

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Whose to say you can only get one promotion and one promotion only? Call back and see what they can do...and I'm quite sure they can do something.

 

 

Why would I want to get additional promotion discounts if AT&T can't provide the services they claim. They are the only cable provider balking over this. They agreed to show the content that is on Fox Sports 1 when I signed up. If they can't follow thru with that then I no longer need their products. It is that simple, either agree to show what is on the national feed or I find a new provider. 

 

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Yes, @baseballisback I was getting a bit technical.  Sorry.  But I agree it is totally FOX's fault.

I just hope to heaven above that at new "main" contract time, they put a rider in there that says carriage is "for current and all future programming." 

If I can be so bold to all of those who are complaining about the loss particularly of NASCAR's "second" series, I watch most of my NASCAR races via DVR.  It's not ideal but my Saturdays and Sundays are usually busy.  The first re-air was at Midnight Eastern.  I usually FF through the boring parts and press play when I see green flag pitstops, cautions, battles for the lead and so on.  Hopefully it can be resolved, soon.

FS1 is likely not under a normal contract like other channels as it took over Speed's slot, with FS2 taking Fuel's slot. There was a big hub-bub when FS1 launched as FOX wanted more money for FS1 than what it was getting for Speed.

As FOX was contractually bound to provide programming comparable to Speed, many providers stuck with the old deal, which paid FOX less money on a per-subscriber basis. I assume most of those old Speed deals have expired, except for AT&T, which would explain the mess going on now.