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Silentjosh37 t1_iskiisk wrote

Reply to comment by ases8089 in No Patriots game for Verizon FiOS customers today by ImCaffeinated_Chris

It might be a while. Cable providers (all of them) and not that I feel bad for them, are seeing huge increases in their contracts with these channels especially the locals like 6,10, and 12 based on their corporate owners in this case Nexstar while at the same time moving content to their streaming services. Cable providers are getting push back from their customers about rate increases and some providers are just not willing to pass these higher rates on to their customers. Especially when the content is available for free over the air, yet cable providers are being asked for upwards of $6-$10 per sub for these channels. A lot of these channels have already by dropped by the likes of Dish. "Cable" TV is dying and these channel operators do not see the writing on the wall and are continuing to seek increases every year while viewership is going down. They have completely lost touch.

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ases8089 t1_iskjgw2 wrote

yea when i put fox on, before tampa bay started, there was a scroll that verizon was fighting with directv over fox too 😂 - i personally just like my cable and too many shows. idc about netflix or any of that bs. we've been with fios for many years-tv and wireless. my cable bill is only $140. so any streaming service plus internet is the same. plus i need top internet because i work from home. noone has yet been able to show me an app that works like cable -press power tv comes on, theres the guide, theres the dvr with ALL my shows - until someone can im not switching

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Silentjosh37 t1_iskk8p1 wrote

There are actually a few options out there/on the horizon that function very similarly to cable as it is now, they just don't always have all the content and that is a huge part of the problem. I put this more at the feet of the channel owners than the cable providers as they are the ones raising rates insane amounts. In some cases they are asking for almost 100% increases per sub and the cable companies are just stuck with it.

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ases8089 t1_iskkooq wrote

oh yea nexstar wants 64% rediculous.. and yes thats the problem - i talked to a guy yesterday that had TEN apps!! craziness!!

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Silentjosh37 t1_isklj6m wrote

...and this is the one you know about. There is also a bunch of other contracted must carry channels that they want too. Look at Rewind TV a channel that carries nothing but old ass shows and they wanted like $3 per sub.

There are too many apps to get a the channels you want. People have wanted "ala cart" cable TV channels for years and years and this is where it gets you.

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ases8089 t1_iskm9fz wrote

my dad has youtube tv and loves it but im pretty picky -still mad over cops leaving to paramount + 😂.. someone suggested roku to me but theres like 10 different options and i really dont get it. im an insurance person not IT ha

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Silentjosh37 t1_iskmmwd wrote

Yeah there is no one solution yet, its gonna be mostly like a YouTube TV or Fubo TV and then adding things like Hulu and paramount

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ases8089 t1_iskn1wg wrote

ugh! what a pain 😂 thank you!

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Silentjosh37 t1_isknbbg wrote

It sucks for the layperson for sure that doesn't know the ins and outs they just see stuff is gone.

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