Just lost ESPN on Spectrum

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I basically have no choice but to have Spectrum. The corporation that owns my apartment complex has a deal with Charter, and we get charged for it along with our rent. So I technically have the option to cancel it, but I’d still get charged the same amount for it every month.
 
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Do my fellow Spectrum customers still have ABC? I do as of right now. We should be good for tomorrow as long as ABC is still working, right?
 
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Vols1891 said:
Do my fellow Spectrum customers still have ABC? I do as of right now. We should be good for tomorrow as long as ABC is still working, right?
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I would GUESS that they cannot restrict any station they are required to broadcast over the air.
 
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Our corporate overlords will not be happy until every drop of blood is squeezed from us via a cable package and 18 effin streaming services just to try to be entertained.

Timing of this is not a coincidence. The mouse will have Spectrum over a barrel once people like myself start missing football games.
 
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I’d like to see our lawmakers pass a law that when this happens, the provider and channel, must immediately refund the consumer, and the provider must deduct the full charge for those channels until service is restored. Along with refunds to advertisers for loss of viewers. The accounting nightmare alone would be incentive to cut this out. Of course both these have huge lobbying groups so our lawmakers are already bought off
 
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I despise Disney more than anything. But I didn’t get a vote when they bought ESPN or a vote on the SEC contract. But I’m sick of hearing how spectrum is doing this for it’s customers. They have never lowered their prices when negotiations went their way. If Spectrum cared about its customers they would quit making us pay for 5 CSPANs, 27 shopping networks and 100 music only channels that no one ever turns to.
 
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Probably_in_Class said:
This is definitely all on ESPN. We constantly see articles about record breaking sports broadcast rights. It's because ESPN can bid any number it wants and then force us to pay it for them. When these pissing matches happen, the end result is always that the carrier caves (which they have to with customers jumping ship) and then customers end up paying extra. We're the ones footing the bill in all this. It's ridiculous.
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Exactly!
 
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BDHVOL said:
I despise Disney more than anything. But I didn’t get a vote when they bought ESPN or a vote on the SEC contract. But I’m sick of hearing how spectrum is doing this for it’s customers. They have never lowered their prices when negotiations went their way. If Spectrum cared about its customers they would quit making us pay for 5 CSPANs, 27 shopping networks and 100 music only channels that no one ever turns to.
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Boom....And I've been a Charter customer for many years and over the last 4-5 years they have a price increase 2 or 3 times a year. They just had one on my last bill. Screw em.
 
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Wonder how all the sports bars that rely on Spectrum will deal with this?
 
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Just read and article about this and along with price, Disney wants to add all of its channels in a package deal and force providers to offer the total package for purchase instead of individual channels. Spectrum is fighting saying its not fair to make their customers purchase that way as they would have to purchase channels they did not want. Outside ESPN's channels I think Disney has about 15 other channels.

Real pissing contest going on. Seems the ABC channel depends on who owns it your area. I have Spectrum and still have ABC but lost about 15 other channels including all ESPN. Really sucks but hoping ABC stays on.

In spite of the Spectrum we are good guys, expect a rate hike when this is done.
 
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Probably_in_Class said:
This is definitely all on ESPN. We constantly see articles about record breaking sports broadcast rights. It's because ESPN can bid any number it wants and then force us to pay it for them. When these pissing matches happen, the end result is always that the carrier caves (which they have to with customers jumping ship) and then customers end up paying extra. We're the ones footing the bill in all this. It's ridiculous.
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Sounds like it's on the consumer. Their job is to make as much money as possible for their product. That's the obligation to share holders. They would be negligent to those they are responsible to if they didn't maximize their profits.
 
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BDHVOL said:
I despise Disney more than anything. But I didn’t get a vote when they bought ESPN or a vote on the SEC contract. But I’m sick of hearing how spectrum is doing this for it’s customers. They have never lowered their prices when negotiations went their way. If Spectrum cared about its customers they would quit making us pay for 5 CSPANs, 27 shopping networks and 100 music only channels that no one ever turns to.
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All the channels you just named actually pay Charter to be on the dial. They lower your cable bill believe it or not. Same for the religious networks.

Don't take that as Charter is generous. They aren't. But if they went away you better believe Charter would recoup that by raising rates. But you aren't paying for those channels. That's why it's impossible to get them taken off your lineup.
 
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volfan102455 said:
I still have ABC via Spectrum. I don't live in Knoxville though.
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I checked earlier today and had ABC (live in Southern Indiana). But whose to say that won't change tomorrow because apparently all someone has to do is literally flip the "on" switch to "off".
 
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volfanhill said:
Sounds like it's on the consumer. Their job is to make as much money as possible for their product. That's the obligation to share holders. They would be negligent to those they are responsible to if they didn't maximize their profits.
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True, and as a consumer I only deal with Spectrum. If they can’t supply me with the product I want, I’ll find another company that will. Simple as that.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
All the channels you just named actually pay Charter to be on the dial. They lower your cable bill believe it or not. Same for the religious networks.

Don't take that as Charter is generous. They aren't. But if they went away you better believe Charter would recoup that by raising rates. But you aren't paying for those channels. That's why it's impossible to get them taken off your lineup.
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Well according to Charter ESPN charges 8$ per customer. My bill is over 100 so obviously we are paying for something we don’t watch.
 
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ABC is still on in the Tri-Cities, but I guess next week's game will be blacked out for sure if this drags out.
 
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