Score one for SNY

[tomcat]

I suppose I could stomach switching from Dish to Direct, despite Direct's obnoxious salespeople. But we don't really watch TV except for basketball in season, and I am assuming I would have to pay up to some relatively high level of service and then add the all-sports package. Seems awfully expensive.

 

[ABachelor6CR]

Well said, herbiep, with one exception I know of. Some condominium communities forbid microwave dishes or exterior antennas of any sort, leaving their residents prey to the likes of Cablevision, Cox, Warner and the rest of the cable banditos.

Your commission check from DIRECTV should arrive in 10 days or so.

Actually, Wonk its the sports programmers that are the banditos.....they charge the cable companies extremely high transmission fess per subscriber. The majority of programming fees that the cable company pay are to sports programmers.

 

[Icebear]

It is my understanding that ESPN makes money off of every sporting event on TV through the transmission contracts they hold. At some point purportedly every sporting event passes through their portal.

 

[Wonkster]

Actually, Wonk its the sports programmers that are the banditos.....they charge the cable companies extremely high transmission fess per subscriber. The majority of programming fees that the cable company pay are to sports programmers.

I'm aware of that, but it's so much easier to point an accusatory finger at the entity that the customer deals directly with, right?

 

[herbiep]

Well said, herbiep, with one exception I know of. Some condominium communities forbid microwave dishes or exterior antennas of any sort, leaving their residents prey to the likes of Cablevision, Cox, Warner and the rest of the cable banditos.

Your commission check from DIRECTV should arrive in 10 days or so.

Ah, but, that is not so. FCC rules, that you can put up a dish to receive TV signal. I live in a condominium, and they have a rule, NO DISH. However, we have probably 15 people that have the Direct TV dish. Just look up the FCC rule on line and recite it to them, and they will not give you a problem. Good old American Freedom. My payment from selling Direct TV, is satisfaction, that the cable companies can't hold you hostage.

 

[UcMiami]

I suppose I could stomach switching from Dish to Direct, despite Direct's obnoxious salespeople. But we don't really watch TV except for basketball in season, and I am assuming I would have to pay up to some relatively high level of service and then add the all-sports package. Seems awfully expensive.

Just FYI - you can add the sports package to any level of service so you don't have to do anything beyond the lowest availabe contract. And the sports pack is usually around $10 per month and can be turned on and off on a monthly basis so you don't need to do a full year - just the BB season - ends up being the same cost as streaming for much better quality.

 

[Wonkster]

Ah, but, that is not so. FCC rules, that you can put up a dish to receive TV signal. I live in a condominium, and they have a rule, NO DISH. However, we have probably 15 people that have the Direct TV dish. Just look up the FCC rule on line and recite it to them, and they will not give you a problem. Good old American Freedom. My payment from selling Direct TV, is satisfaction, that the cable companies can't hold you hostage.

That's a great bluff. Sort of like in Brazil , when Jonathan Pryce asks Bob Hoskins "Do you have Form 27B-stroke-6?"

I'm not a lawyer (how is that possible today?), but I remember learning that the right to have an antenna on a building accrues to the owner, which, at the very least, does not cover renters. Of course, things may have changed since I read about it.

"Just look up the FCC rule..." Sorry, but I'm not going to make your case for you. You look up the FCC rule.

Is there an FCC Regulations lawyer in the house?

 

[ABachelor6CR]

Ah, but, that is not so. FCC rules, that you can put up a dish to receive TV signal. I live in a condominium, and they have a rule, NO DISH. However, we have probably 15 people that have the Direct TV dish. Just look up the FCC rule on line and recite it to them, and they will not give you a problem. Good old American Freedom. My payment from selling Direct TV, is satisfaction, that the cable companies can't hold you hostage.

"The rule applies to individuals who place antennas that meet size limitations on property that they own or rent and that is within their exclusive use or control, including condominium owners and cooperative owners, and tenants who have an area where they have exclusive use, such as a balcony or patio, in which to install the antenna. The rule applies to townhomes and manufactured homes, as well as to single family homes."

If they do not have a "private" area such as a patio or balcony, then they can not install a dish. The outside of the building where there is no patio or balcony is considered a Common Area and therefore falls under the control of the board of directors of the Condo Association.....

 

[herbiep]

"The rule applies to individuals who place antennas that meet size limitations on property that they own or rent and that is within their exclusive use or control, including condominium owners and cooperative owners, and tenants who have an area where they have exclusive use, such as a balcony or patio, in which to install the antenna. The rule applies to townhomes and manufactured homes, as well as to single family homes."

If they do not have a "private" area such as a patio or balcony, then they can not install a dish. The outside of the building where there is no patio or balcony is considered a Common Area and therefore falls under the control of the board of directors of the Condo Association.....

I am only trying to help, I have Direct TV and get SNY in the sports pkg. I am just tired of people whining about CPTV loss.